The Impact of Stress on Emotion Regulation and Cognitive Flexibility: A Cross Study of Psychology and Neuroscience

In modern society, emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility play an important role in coping with daily stress. Stress, as a physiological and psychological reaction, may affect the individual's cognitive function and emotional regulation ability, and the flexibility of emotional regulation is closely related to the individual's psychological adaptability. This paper first reviews the concepts of stress, emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility. Secondly, the related theoretical models are introduced, especially the flexibility of emotion regulation and the cognitive control model. Finally, the interaction between stress, mental flexibility and depression was discussed, and the influence mechanism of different stress perception and emotion regulation strategies on depression was analyzed.