Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of gender and cognitive emotion regulation on young adults’ aggression expression styles. This research was performed in accordance with the rational screening model. The sample comprised of 426 young adults (ages ranged from 18 to 33= M: 21.14 ve sd:2.02) were randomly selected from students studying at various departments of Marmara University. The “Personal Information Sheet” designed by the researcher, “Aggression Inventory” (AI) and “Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire” (CERQ) were used as data gathering tools. To analyze gathered data the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS–17) was utilized. In data analysis process, firstly Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were used to generate regression model thereafter sequential multiple regression was conducted to determine the best linear combination of gender and emotion regulation styles for predicting aggression expression styles. The result of data analysis demonstrated that young adults’ physical and verbal aggression expression styles were significantly explained by the combination of gender and cognitive emotion regulation. Further, it was found that cognitive emotion regulation solely predicted young adults’ impulsive aggression and avoidance

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