Emotion regulation is closely related to a variety of mental and psychological disorders， and this relationship is influenced by cultural factors. This paper summarizes and compares the relationship between adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and mental disorders in eastern and western cultures. In western culture， adaptive strategies are often found to be negatively correlated with multiple mental disorders， while maladaptive strategies are positively correlated with multiple mental disorders. However， studies of people with Eastern origins showed partially different results. They are mainly reflected in the expression of inhibition and rumination strategies which are regarded as "unadaptable" in western culture. There is no clear correlation between the two and mental disorders. This paper discusses the similarities and differences in the relationship of emotion regulation strategies and mental disorders from the perspective of cultural differences between the East and the West， summarizes the differences between the four perspectives， including beliefs of emotion regulation， interpersonal relationship， expression form， and thinking mode， and puts forward the future research direction on this basis， so as to provide new ideas for cross-cultural research on the relationship between emotional regulation and mental disorders.