scholarly journals Deprivation and threat, emotion dysregulation, and psychopathology: Concurrent and longitudinal associations

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen M. Milojevich ◽  
Kate E. Norwalk ◽  
Margaret A. Sheridan
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Internalizing Psychopathology ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Longitudinal Associations ◽  
Powerful Mechanism ◽  
High Risk Children

AbstractMaltreatment increases risk for psychopathology in childhood and adulthood, thus identifying mechanisms that influence these associations is necessary for future prevention and intervention. Emotion dysregulation resulting from maltreatment is one potentially powerful mechanism explaining risk for psychopathology. This study tests a conceptual model that distinguishesdeprivationandthreatas distinct forms of exposure with different pathways to psychopathology. Here we operationalize threat as exposure to physical and/or sexual abuse and deprivation as exposure to neglect. We test the hypothesis that threat and deprivation differentially predict use of avoidant strategies and total regulation. Data were drawn from the Longitudinal Studies on Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN study;N= 866), which followed high-risk children from age 4 to 18. At age 6, children and their parents reported on adversity exposure. Case records documented exposure to abuse and neglect. At 18, adolescents reported on regulation strategies and psychopathology. Regression analyses indicated that greater exposure to threat, but not deprivation, predicted greater use of avoidant strategies in adolescence. Moreover, avoidance partially mediated the longitudinal association between exposure to threat in early childhood and symptoms of internalizing psychopathology in adolescence. Results suggest that abuse and neglect differentially predict regulation strategy use and that regulation strategy use predicts psychopathology.

scholarly journals Specifying the Mechanisms and Targets of Emotion Regulation: A Translational Framework from Affective Science to Psychological Treatment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Southward ◽  
Shannon Sauer-Zavala ◽  
Jennifer S. Cheavens
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Emotion dysregulation is fundamental to a range of psychiatric disorders. Leading psychological treatments are often designed to teach several emotion regulation strategies. However, teaching a wide range of strategies may be an inefficient way to enhance emotional functioning. We propose a framework of emotion dysregulation to guide the development of more efficient and flexible interventions. We review motivational (i.e., self-efficacy), between- situation (i.e., increasing frequency, quantity, or quality of adaptive strategy use; decreasing frequency of maladaptive strategy use), and within-situation mechanisms (i.e., using more or fewer strategies in a given situation; optimally ordering strategies) as well as temporal targets of emotion regulation interventions (i.e., short-term effectiveness vs. long-term adaptiveness). Throughout, we detail recommendations for researchers to test these mechanisms and targets.

Dysregulation of emotions among pathological gamblers: The role of savoring

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S394-S394
Author(s):  
G. Rogier ◽  
P. Velotti
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Pathological Gambling ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Pathological Gamblers ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation ◽  
Regulation Strategies

IntroductionTheories have conceptualized pathological gambling as an attempt to cope with emotional states. However, there is a lack of research about emotion dysregulation in this population. In a similar way, few is known about the nature of emotion regulation strategies used by pathological gamblers. Furthermore, it is not clear if pathological gamblers have difficulties to regulate negative emotions (as sadness) or positive ones (as excitement).ObjectivesWe sought to explore the associations among pathological gambling, emotion dysregulation and different types of emotion regulation strategies, comparing a clinical sample with community participants.AimsTo highlight similarities and differences in emotion dysregulation between pathological gamblers and healthy participants.MethodsA sample of pathological gamblers and a sample of healthy men, were administered the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Difficulties in Emotion regulation Scale-Positive (DERS-P), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and the Ways of Savoring Checklist (WOSC).ResultsAs expected, both levels of emotion dysregulation and suppression were significantly higher in the clinical sample while levels of savoring and reappraisal were significantly higher in the community sample.ConclusionsSuch results confirm the theorization of pathological gambling as a dysfunctional response to emotional states and underline the role of positive emotions. Specifically, pathological gamblers may be prone to suppress negative emotions instead to engage in functional strategies as reappraisal. Gamblers also fail to regulate positive emotions showing a poor capacity of savoring positive moments.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Strategies to Maintain the Relationship

2019 ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Lea Tufford
Keyword(s):  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Information Strategies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Decision Making Factors ◽  
Client Advocacy ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

Following the decision to report or not report child maltreatment, many mandatory reporters are concerned with maintaining the relationship with the family, and this concern is examined more extensively in this chapter. This chapter describes typical client feelings and reactions to a report of suspected child abuse and neglect as well as the potential impacts on the relationship. A comprehensive overview of strategies to maintain the relationship is covered, including engagement strategies, reporting strategies, information strategies, affect regulation strategies (for mandatory reporter and client), advocacy strategies, resource strategies, and strategies that take culture and ethnicity into account. At the conclusion of this chapter is a conceptual model outlining the reporting decision-making factors and the strategies to maintain the relationship.

scholarly journals Emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Wolff ◽  
Elizabeth Thompson ◽  
Sarah A. Thomas ◽  
Jacqueline Nesi ◽  
Alexandra H. Bettis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impulse Control ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Emotional Awareness ◽  
Treatment Target ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Goal Directed Behavior

AbstractBackground:Over the past several years there has been considerable interest in the relation between emotion dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), particularly given that rates of NSSI have been increasing and NSSI is a critical risk factor for suicidal behavior. To date, however, no synthesis of empirical findings exists.Methods:The present study presents a comprehensive meta-analytic review of the literature on the association between NSSI and emotion dysregulation. A total of 48 publications, including 49 independent samples, were included in this analysis.Results:Overall, a significant association was found between emotion dysregulation and NSSI (pooled OR = 3.03 [95% CI = 2.56–3.59]). This association was reduced but remained significant (OR = 2.40 [95% CI = 2.01–2.86]) after adjustment for publication bias. Emotion dysregulation subscales most strongly associated with NSSI included limited access to regulation strategies, non-acceptance of emotional responses, impulse control difficulties, and difficulties engaging goal-directed behavior. Lack of emotional awareness/clarity and cognitive aspects of dysregulation yielded weaker, yet significant, positive associations with NSSI.Conclusions:Findings support the notion that greater emotion dysregulation is associated with higher risk for NSSI among individuals across settings, regardless of age or sex. Furthermore, findings reveal facets of dysregulation that may have unique implications for NSSI. This meta-analysis highlights the importance of better understanding emotion dysregulation as a treatment target for preventing NSSI.

Emotion dysregulation, temperamental vulnerability, and parental depression in adolescents: Correspondence between physiological and informant-report measures

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 1023-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Lotte Van Beveren ◽  
Sven C. Mueller ◽  
Caroline Braet
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sinus Arrhythmia ◽  
Parental Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emotional Responding ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
Regulation Strategies

AbstractAlthough numerous studies reveal altered respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) among children, adolescents, and adults who exhibit emotion dysregulation, effects of temperamental vulnerability and parental mental health on RSA remain unclear. We evaluated the relationship among emotion regulation, RSA, and RSA reactivity in a pooled sample of 24 vulnerable and 31 resilient adolescents (mean age = 13.69 years; 60% girls), including associations with temperamental vulnerability and parental depressive symptoms. Participants watched a neutral film clip while their resting RSA was recorded, and then completed a reward and frustration task, using an affective Posner paradigm. Temperament and emotion regulation were assessed via self-report and parent report, and parents reported on their own depressive symptoms. Low resting RSA was associated with temperamental negative emotionality, whereas greater RSA reactivity to frustration was associated with maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. No significant relations were found between RSA and parental depressive symptoms. This study elucidates the role of RSA as a biomarker of individual differences in emotion dysregulation and temperamental vulnerability and stresses the importance of considering multiple units of analyses, as well as functional domains, when studying emotional responding and regulation in adolescents.

scholarly journals Childhood abuse and neglect may induce deficits in cognitive precursors of psychosis in high-risk children

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 336-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Berthelot ◽  
Thomas Paccalet ◽  
Elsa Gilbert ◽  
Isabel Moreau ◽  
Chantal Mérette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Cognitive Precursors ◽  
High Risk Children

Emotion dysregulation mediates the longitudinal relation between peer rejection and depression

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M Fussner ◽  
Aaron M Luebbe ◽  
Kathryn J Mancini ◽  
Stephen P Becker
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Peer Rejection ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Risk Models ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
School Year ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Gender Specific

The goal of the current investigation was to test emotion dysregulation as a mechanism explaining the longitudinal association between peer rejection and depressive symptoms across 1 school year in middle childhood and to determine whether this process differed based on gender and grade. Youth in Grades 3 through 6 ( N = 131; 71 girls) and their primary school teachers ( n = 8) were recruited from a Midwestern elementary school. Youth reported on their emotion dysregulation and depressive symptoms at two time points (T1 and T2), approximately 6 months apart. Teachers completed ratings of peer rejection at T1. Peer rejection at T1 predicted youth-report of depressive symptoms at T2, even after controlling for depression at T1. Moderated mediation suggested that change in emotion dysregulation mediated the relation of peer rejection to depressive symptoms over time, but only for older boys. Results underscore the importance of considering gender-specific processes within interpersonal risk models of depression, and provide support for peer rejection as a critical social process shaping emotion regulation in middle childhood.

Emotions, Cognitions, and Well-Being

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin M. Perrone-McGovern ◽  
Stephanie L. Simon-Dack ◽  
Kerry N. Beduna ◽  
Cady C. Williams ◽  
Aaron M. Esche
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Adaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Theoretical Conceptualization

In this study, we examined interrelationships among emotional overexcitability, perfectionism, emotion regulation, and subjective well-being. Dabrowski and Piechowski’s theoretical conceptualization of overexcitabilities and J. J. Gross and John’s constructs of emotion regulation strategies provided a framework to guide hypotheses in the present study. Participants were 191 adults who responded to surveys administered via online methodology. Multiple-regression analyses revealed that participants in the present study with higher emotional overexcitability had lower degrees of emotion regulation overall, whereas individuals reporting higher levels of adaptive perfectionism (strivers) had higher levels of emotion regulation. Furthermore, strivers and those who used cognitive reappraisal strategies for emotion regulation were linked to higher subjective well-being for participants in this study.

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