en رويكرد شناختي رفتاري Cognitive behavioral پژوهشي Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify"><b>Objective:</b> In recent years, there has been a rising interest in cognitive behavioral research to explore the role of emotion regulation in the development and maintenance of mental disorders and resiliency against or recovery from them. Particularly, different strategies people use to regulate their emotions may have more important role in emotional disorders including depression. The aim of this article is to review the recent literature focusing on the role of ER in depression.&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Methods: </b>In this paper, we present a brief review of the latest studies (in English and Persian) regarding depression and 6 relevant emotion-regulation strategies (i.e. suppression, rumination, experiential avoidance, reappraisal, mindfulness, and acceptance). Then, we attempt to integrate findings of these cognitive-behavioral and neurobiological investigations utilizing the Gross`s process model of emotion regulation.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Results: </b>According to the research results, we can generally conclude that emotion regulation may be an important mediator/moderator mechanism in the pathogenesis of depression that could also be a good target for intervention in psychotherapy.&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: justify"><b>Conclusion:</b> Some challenging issues in this area are noted and their implications for cognitivebehavioral research and therapies are discussed.</div> Depression, Emotion regulation, Suppression, Reappraisal, Rumination, Mindfulness, Experiential avoidance, Emotional acceptance 181 194 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-55-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Mehrabi علی محرابی No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran دپارتمان روانشناسی بالینی، دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی، تهران، ایران Parvaneh Mohammadkhani پروانه محمدخانی parmohamir@yahoo.com Yes Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. دپارتمان روانشناسی بالینی، دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی، تهران، ایران Behrooz Dolatshahi بهروز دولتشاهی No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran دپارتمان روانشناسی بالینی، دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی، تهران، ایران Abbas Pourshahbaz عباس پورشهباز No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran دپارتمان روانشناسی بالینی، دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی، تهران، ایران Abolfazl Mohammadi ابوالفضل محمدی No Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran دپارتمان روانپزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران، تهران، ایران