Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Coping, and Dysfunctional Psychological Symptoms in Family Members of People with Gambling Disorder

AbstractBackground and aimsDifficulties in Emotion Regulation (ER) are related to the etiology and maintenance of several psychological disorders, including Eating Disorders (ED) and Gambling Disorder (GD). This study explored the existence of latent empirical groups between both disorders, based on ER difficulties and considering a set of indicators of personality traits, the severity of the disorder, and psychopathological distress.MethodsThe sample included 1,288 female and male participants, diagnosed with ED (n = 906) and GD (n = 382). Two-step clustering was used for the empirical classification, while analysis of variance and chi-square tests were used for the comparison between the latent groups.ResultsThree empirical groups were identified, from the most disturbed ER profile (Subgroup 1) to the most functional (Subgroup 3). The ER state showed a linear relationship with the severity of each disorder and the psychopathological state. Different personality traits were found to be related to the level of emotion dysregulation.Discussion and conclusionIn this study, three distinct empirical groups based on ER were identified across ED and GD, suggesting that ER is a transdiagnostic construct. These findings may lead to the development of common treatment strategies and more tailored approaches.

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Pathological gamblers profiles according to impulsivity and emotional regulation

Behavioral Psychology/Psicología Conductual ◽

10.51668/bp.8321310s ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 681-697

Author(s):

Ana Estévez ◽

Paula Jáuregui ◽

Laura Macía

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Video Game ◽

Emotional Regulation ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Treatment Strategies ◽

Gambling Behaviour ◽

Pathological Gamblers ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽

Gambling Severity

This study aims to examine relationship between age, gambling behaviour, dysfunctional psychological symptoms, and other comorbid addictive behaviours. Secondly, it aims to study the differences between the aforementioned variables according to gambler profiles based on impulsivity and emotional regulation. A sample of 95 participants conformed the clinical sample (93.5% men and 6.5% women). Results suggest that difficulties in emotion regulation and impulsivity are associated with gambling disorder, video game abuse, and dysfunctional psychological symptomatology. Likewise, two clusters have been observed, the first one is composed of participants with fewer difficulties in emotion regulation, less psychopathological severity, and greater impulsivity. The second cluster is composed of participants with greater difficulties in emotion regulation, as well as greater psychopathological and gambling severity. These results highlight the relevance of understanding different gambler profiles in order to design prevention and treatment strategies adapted to each person.

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The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000093 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 72 (1) ◽

pp. 5-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Elise S. Dan-Glauser ◽

Klaus R. Scherer

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Well Being ◽

French Translation ◽

French Version ◽

Inappropriate Behaviors ◽

Initial Validation ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽

Instrument Measuring ◽

Highly Correlated ◽

Psychopathological Disorders

Successful emotion regulation is a key aspect of efficient social functioning and personal well-being. Difficulties in emotion regulation lead to relationship impairments and are presumed to be involved in the onset and maintenance of some psychopathological disorders as well as inappropriate behaviors. Gratz and Roemer (2004 ) developed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), a comprehensive instrument measuring emotion regulation problems that encompasses several dimensions on which difficulties can occur. The aim of the present work was to develop a French translation of this scale and to provide an initial validation of this instrument. The French version was created using translation and backtranslation procedures and was tested on 455 healthy students. Congruence between the original and the translated scales was .98 (Tucker’s phi) and internal consistency of the translation reached .92 (Cronbach’s α). Moreover, test-retest scores were highly correlated. Altogether, the initial validation of the French version of the DERS (DERS-F) offers satisfactory results and permits the use of this instrument to map difficulties in emotion regulation in both clinical and research contexts.

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“Paint It Black”

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000264 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (4) ◽

pp. 196-203 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Oulmann Zerhouni ◽

Johan Lepage

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Conditioned Stimulus ◽

Evaluative Conditioning ◽

Maladaptive Behaviors ◽

Future Directions ◽

Contingency Awareness ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation

Abstract. The present study is a first attempt to link self-reported difficulties in everyday emotion regulation (ER) with evaluative conditioning (EC). We conducted a within-subject study in which participants (n = 90) filled the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and were exposed to neutral conditioned stimulus (CS) paired with mildly or highly arousing negative unconditioned stimuli (USs) and positive USs. Participants then filled a contingency awareness measure. Results showed (i) that CSs paired with highly arousing negative USs were more negatively evaluated, (ii) that the EC effect with highly and mildly arousing negative USs was stronger among participants with greater self-reported difficulties in everyday ER. Moreover, participants were more likely to be aware of the CS-US contingencies with highly (vs. mildly) arousing negative USs. Implications for the understanding of maladaptive behaviors and for future directions in EC research are discussed.

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Supplemental Material for Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS): Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/pas0000582.supp ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Structure Reliability ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation

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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale--Hebrew Version

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t72022-000 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Amit Bernstein ◽

Hadas Brantz

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽

Hebrew Version

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Prediction of dark personality traits and self-destruction based on emotion regulation among adolescent females

10.32592/ajnpp.2020.7.2.105 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 109-115

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Risky Behaviors ◽

Adolescent Females ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Targeted Interventions ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽

Academic Year

Background and Aims: Temperament is determined as a relatively constant, basic, and innate position that underlies and modifies the expression of activity, emotionality, and sociability among people. The current study aimed to investigate the prediction of dark personality traits and self-destruction based on emotion regulation among adolescent females. Materials and Methods: This correlational study included 250 adolescent females using a cluster sampling method in the academic year of 2018-19 in Shiraz, Iran. The participants were asked to complete Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, Dark Triad Scale, and Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale. Results: The results of the regression analysis showed that emotion regulation with beta coefficients was able to predict significant and positive dark personality traits (0.25), narcissism (0.49), Machiavellianism (0.39), psychopathy (0.32), sadism (0.35), and self-destructiveness (0.49) (P<0.05). Conclusion: Directly targeted interventions to regulate emotion may be useful in addressing risky behaviors of adolescents with self-destructive and dark personality traits.

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Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: Indirect Effects Through Negative and Positive Emotion Dysregulation

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211006371 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110063

Author(s):

Lauren E. Simpson ◽

Alexa M. Raudales ◽

Miranda E. Reyes ◽

Tami P. Sullivan ◽

Nicole H. Weiss

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Emotion Regulation ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Symptom Severity ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Emotion Dysregulation ◽

Positive Emotion ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation

Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are at heightened risk for developing posttraumatic stress (PTS). Emotion dysregulation has been linked to both IPV and PTS, separately, however, unknown is the role of emotion dysregulation in the relation of IPV to PTS among women who experience IPV. Moreover, existing investigations in this area have been limited in their focus on negative emotion dysregulation. Extending prior research, this study investigated whether physical, sexual, and psychological IPV were indirectly associated with PTS symptom severity through negative and positive emotion dysregulation. Participants were 354 women who reported a history of IPV recruited from Amazon’s MTurk platform ( Mage = 36.52, 79.9% white). Participants completed self-report measures assessing physical (Conflict Tactics Scale), sexual (Sexual Experiences Scale), and psychological (Psychological Maltreatment of Women) IPV; negative (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale) and positive (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Positive) emotion dysregulation; and PTS symptom severity (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5) via an online survey. Pearson’s correlation coefficients examined intercorrelations among the primary study variables. Indirect effect analyses were conducted to determine if negative and positive emotion dysregulation explained the relations between physical, sexual, and psychological IPV and PTS symptom severity. Physical, sexual, and psychological IPV were significantly positively associated with both negative and positive emotion dysregulation as well as PTS symptom severity, with the exception that psychological IPV was not significantly associated with positive emotion dysregulation. Moreover, negative and positive emotion dysregulation accounted for the relationships between all three IPV types and PTS symptom severity, with the exception of positive emotion dysregulation and psychological IPV. Our findings provide support for the potential underlying role of both negative and positive emotion dysregulation in the associations of IPV types to PTS symptom severity. Negative and positive emotion dysregulation may be important factors to integrate into interventions for PTS among women who experience IPV.

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