Sharing Positive Events: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion Regulation via Social Capitalization in Schizotypy

The experience of positive events is associated with increased positive affect, which can beneficially impact the physical and mental health outcomes of adolescents. Despite an increase in important life events during adolescence, little research has examined the influence of positive events on affect in this population. This study used Ecological Momentary Assessment to investigate individual differences in the effects of daily positive events on momentary positive and negative affect and event-specific positive affect among 136 adolescents ( M age = 13.03 years). Results indicated that interpersonal and independent events elicited greater event-specific positive affect than non-interpersonal and dependent events. Dependent interpersonal events were associated with the greatest positive affect compared to other combinations of event types. Gender did not moderate these effects. These findings may address the gap in the literature regarding the types of daily positive events that elicit the most positive affect in adolescents, and in turn, may enhance well-being.

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Effects of emotion regulation strategy use in response to stressors on PTSD symptoms: An ecological momentary assessment study

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.063 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 230 ◽

pp. 77-83 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nicole A. Short ◽

Joseph W. Boffa ◽

Kevin Clancy ◽

Norman B. Schmidt

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Strategy Use ◽

Ptsd Symptoms ◽

Assessment Study ◽

Emotion Regulation Strategy ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

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Emotions as Context: Do the Naturalistic Effects of Emotion Regulation Strategies Depend on the Regulated Emotion?

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1521/jscp.2019.38.6.451 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (6) ◽

pp. 451-474 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Matthew W. Southward ◽

Jane E. Heiy ◽

Jennifer S. Cheavens

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽

Emotional Suppression ◽

Specific Emotion ◽

Regulation Strategies ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

External Stimuli ◽

Other Blame ◽

Momentary Assessment

Introduction: Researchers have examined how several contexts impact the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies. However, few have considered the emotion-to-be-regulated as a context of interest. Specific emotions are important contexts because they may require particular responses to internal and external stimuli for optimal regulation. Method: Ninety-two undergraduates completed 10 days of ecological momentary assessment, reporting their current mood, recent emotions, and emotion regulation strategies three times per day. Results: The frequency with which certain emotion regulation strategies were used (i.e., acceptance, positive refocusing, reappraisal, problem-solving, and other-blame) differed by the specific emotion experienced. Acceptance and positive refocusing were associated with better mood regardless of emotion, while substance use was associated with worse mood regardless of emotion. Reappraisal was associated with better mood in response to anger than anxiety or sadness, while emotional suppression and other-blame were associated with worse mood in response to anger. Discussion: These results suggest some emotion regulation strategies exhibit emotion-invariant effects while others depend on the emotion-to-be-regulated.

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Psychopathology and positive emotions in daily life

10.31234/osf.io/yse56 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Vera Ellen Heininga ◽

Peter Kuppens

Keyword(s):

Mood Disorders ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Daily Life ◽

Real Life ◽

Short Review ◽

Positive Events ◽

Recent Trends ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

In this short review, we describe recent trends from Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) research investigating positive affect (PA) in relation to mood disorders. Aside from notable exceptions (e.g., mania), most mood disorders involve relatively lower levels of PA in daily life, often combined with a larger level of variability in PA. In reaction to positive events, studies show a puzzling “mood brightening” effect in individuals with mood disorder symptoms that suggests hyper responsiveness to real-life rewards. Studies into anhedonia (i.e., lack of, or lower levels of PA) suggest that high-arousal PA and anticipatory PA are potential targets for intervention. Despite PA-focused EMA-interventions bear promises of greater therapeutic effectiveness, so far, these promises have not materialized yet.

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Negative affect and emotion dysregulation among people who inject drugs: An ecological momentary assessment study

10.31234/osf.io/ar3nf ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti ◽

Geri Donenberg

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Positive Affect ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Emotion Dysregulation ◽

People Who Inject Drugs ◽

Exchange Program ◽

Opioid Intoxication ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to measure positive and negative affect among people who inject drugs (PWID), and examined associations with borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms and difficulties with emotion regulation, in the context of injection drug use. We recruited PWID, age 18-35, through syringe exchange program sites in Chicago, Illinois, USA. After completing a baseline interview including a screener for BPD and the Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), participants used a mobile phone app to report mood, substance use, and injection behavior for two weeks. Participants who completed at least two EMA assessments were included in the analysis (N = 161). The mean age was 30, about one-third were women, 63% were non-Hispanic white, and 23% were Hispanic. In multivariable mixed effects regression models, positive BPD screen was associated with greater momentary negative affect (NA) intensity, and greater instability of both NA and positive affect (PA). Independent of BPD screening status, DERS score was associated positively with momentary NA intensity and instability, and negatively with positive affect (PA) intensity. This finding suggests that emotion dysregulation is an appropriate target for assessment and intervention. While concurrent withdrawal was associated with both greater NA and less PA, opioid intoxication was associated only with greater PA. We did not find support for our hypothesis that emotion dysregulation would moderate the effect of withdrawal on NA. Findings support the validity of the EMA mood measure and the utility of studying mood and behavior among PWID using EMA on mobile phones.

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Emotion Regulation Style and Daily Rumination: Potential Mediators between Affect and Both Depression and Anxiety during Adolescence

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17186614 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (18) ◽

pp. 6614

Author(s):

Neus Zuzama ◽

Aina Fiol-Veny ◽

Josep Roman-Juan ◽

Maria Balle

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Internalizing Problems ◽

Self Report ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Symptom Development ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

The Relationship ◽

Momentary Assessment ◽

Significant Direct Effect

Adolescence is a vulnerable period for depressive and anxious symptom development, and emotion regulation (ER) may be one mechanism linking temperament—i.e., positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA)—with such symptomatology. Rumination is a common ER strategy that is traditionally assessed using self-reported questionnaires, but it would also be interesting to examine it with an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) approach. Sixty-five adolescents (Mage = 14.69; SDage = 0.82; range = 14–17 years old; 53.80% girls) completed self-report measures of temperament, ER style, depression and anxiety, and underwent an EMA to investigate rumination use. Results revealed that negative ER style and rumination use mediated the relationship between NA and depression, while only rumination use mediated the relationship between PA and depression. Moreover, NA contributed to increase anxiety, but negative ER style did not significantly mediate this relationship. Rumination use also had no effect on anxiety. This study provides further support for the relationship between temperament, ER, and internalizing problems. It seems that both a negative ER style and rumination use mediate the relationship between NA and depression whereas only NA had a significant direct effect on anxiety. Furthermore, PA buffered the effect of rumination use on depression in this study.

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