The role in the relationship between perfectionism and depression of cognitive emotion regulation in young adults

Objective: This research aims to analyze the effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on perfectionism and depression among young adults. Method: The research consist of 192 students who have graduated from Istanbul Bilim University and Işık University. In data addition stage; Informed Consent Form, Sociodemographic Data and Information Form, Cognitive Emotion Regulation Scale, Beck Depression Inventory and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale are applied. Results: When the findings of the research were examined, a significant relationship between perfectionism and depression was observed. There is a significant relationship between high perfectionism scores and cognitive emotional regulation strategies among the sub-dimensions of reducing the value of the phenomenon, catastrophizing and blaming others. In addition, high depression scores showed a significant correlation with self-balme, acceptance, rumination, refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, catastrophization and blaming others from cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Perfectionism is observed to be provided by strategies to blame others and to catastrophizing on the effect of depression. Conclusion: According to findings from the research, emotion regulation strategies; self blame, acceptance, rumination, refocusing to plan, positive reappraisal was associated with depression, but not perfectionism. The strategies of blaming others, catastrophizing are also triggered by perfectionism, affecting depression Key Words: Cognitive Emotion Regulation, Perfectionism, Depression