scholarly journals Emotion Dysregulation and Body Dissatisfaction in Female Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-147
Author(s):  
N.A. Kiriukhina ◽  
N.A. Polskaya
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Russian Version ◽  
High Level

The study investigated the relations between body dissatisfaction and emotional dysregulation. This is the first research focusing on the mediating effect of emotional dysregulation on the relationship between negative affect and body dissatisfaction in a Russian female population. It is particularly relevant given that both emotional dysregulation and body dissatisfaction may lead to the emergence of psychopathological symptoms (e.g., depression, self-injurious behavior, and eating disorders). 778 girls and women aged 14–40 years (M=19,8; SE=3,31) participated in the study. The following measures were used: Body Image Questionnaire (Skugarevsky, 2006), Emotional Dysregulation Questionnaire (Polskaya, Razvaliaeva, 2017), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross, John, 2003; Russian version by Pankratova, Kornienko, 2017) and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1988; Russian version by Osin, 2012). High level of body dissatisfaction was significantly associated with high scores of rumination, avoidance and difficulties in mentalizing from the Emotional Dysregulation Questionnaire, high level of negative affect and low level of positive affect. Respondents with high body dissatisfaction also preferred expressive suppression to cognitive reappraisal for emotion regulation. Regression analysis showed that negative affect (b=0,20; p<0,001) and emotion dysregulation scales — rumination (b=0,66; p<0,001), avoidance (b=0,69; p<0,001) and difficulties in mentalizing (b=0,33; p<0,001) — significantly predicted body dissatisfaction (F(4, 773)=130,8, p<0,001; R2=0,405; R2adj=0,402). Emotion dysregulation scales mediated the effect of negative affect on body dissatisfaction.

Concurrent and Lagged Relations between Emotion Regulation and Affect in Adolescents’ Daily Life

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Silva ◽  
Teresa Freire ◽  
Susana Faria
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Trait Level

AbstractA better understanding of emotion regulation (ER) within daily life is a growing focus of research. This study evaluated the average use of two ER strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) and concurrent and lagged relationships between these two ER strategies and affect (positive and negative affect) in the daily lives of adolescents. We also investigated the role of the same strategies at the trait level on these within-person relationships. Thirty-three adolescents provided 1,258 reports of their daily life by using the Experience Sampling Method for one week. Regarding the relative use of ER strategies, cognitive reappraisal (M = 2.87, SD = 1.58) was used more often than expressive suppression (M = 2.42, SD = 1.21). While the use of both strategies was positively correlated when evaluated in daily life (p = .01), the same did not occur at the trait level (p = .37). Multilevel analysis found that ER strategies were concurrently related to affect (p < .01), with the exception of cognitive reappraisal-positive affect relationship (p = .11). However, cognitive reappraisal predicted higher positive affect at the subsequent sampling moment ( β = 0.07, p = .03). The concurrent associations between cognitive reappraisal and negative affect vary as function of the use of this strategy at the trait level (β = 0.05, p = .02). Our findings highlighted the complex associations between daily ER strategies and affect of a normative sample of adolescents.

The Role of ADHD Symptomatology and Emotion Dysregulation in Gambling Disorder

2019 ◽  
pp. 108705471989437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Mestre-Bach ◽  
Trevor Steward ◽  
Marc N. Potenza ◽  
Roser Granero ◽  
Fernando Fernández-Aranda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Gambling Disorder ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Adhd Symptomatology

Objectives: Although emotion regulation deficits have been implicated in gambling disorder and ADHD, the interplay between these factors has yet to be systematically studied. We examined relationships between ADHD symptoms, emotion regulation, and gambling disorder severity in a sample of treatment-seeking gambling disorder patients ( n = 98). We also examined clinical differences between patients with and without ADHD symptomatology. Method: Structural equation modeling (SEM) evaluated direct and indirect effects of ADHD and emotion regulation on gambling disorder severity. Results: Significant correlations between ADHD symptomatology and emotion regulation and between emotion regulation and gambling disorder severity were identified. Differences in emotion regulation were found between gambling disorder patients with and without ADHD symptomatology. Path analysis revealed emotion regulation to be a mediator between ADHD and gambling disorder. Conclusion: Our findings indicate the presence of ADHD symptomatology to be associated with greater severity of gambling disorder and greater emotional dysregulation.

scholarly journals A Fear of COVID-19 and PTSD Symptoms in Pathological Personality: The Mediating Effect of Dissociation and Emotion Dysregulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Velotti ◽  
Claudia Civilla ◽  
Guyonne Rogier ◽  
Sara Beomonte Zobel
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Intense Fear ◽  
Ptsd Symptomatology

Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is currently putting a strain on the mental health resilience of the world's population. Specifically, it is likely to elicit an intense response to fear and to act as a risk factor for the onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some individuals may be more at risk than others, with pathological personality variables being a potential candidate as a central vulnerability factor. In addition, the pathways that lead the pathological personality to PTSD and intense fear responses to COVID-19 are likely to be explained by poor emotion regulation capacities, as well as by dissociative mechanisms.Aims: This study aimed to shed light on vulnerability factors that may account for the onset of PTSD and intense responses of fear in response to COVID-19 outbreak and to test the mediating role of emotion dysregulation and dissociation proneness in these pathways.Methods: We used a longitudinal design of research administered to a sample of community individuals (N = 308; meanage = 35.31, SD = 13.91; 22.7% were male). Moreover, we used self-report questionnaires to measure pathological personality, emotion regulation capacities, dissociative proneness at the beginning of the lockdown, and PTSD symptoms and fear of COVID-19 at the end of the Italian lockdown (from March 9 to May 18, 2020). Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses.Results: We found that pathological personality levels longitudinally predicted PTSD and fear of COVID-19 levels. Moreover, the associations between emotion dysregulation and dissociation were shown to significantly and totally mediate the relationship between pathological personality and PTSD, whereas no significant mediation effects were observed in relation to fear of COVID-19.Conclusions: Individuals with pathological personality traits may be more vulnerable to the onset of negative psychological consequences related to COVID-19 outbreak, such as PTSD symptomatology and fear levels. Emotion regulation capacities appear to be relevant targets of interventions for PTSD symptomatology. Future research should explore the mediating variables linking pathological personality to intense fear responses to COVID-19.

Emotion Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder

2017 ◽  
pp. 235-258
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Weiss ◽  
Priscilla Burnham Riosa ◽  
Carla A. Mazefsky ◽  
Renae Beaumont
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorder ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Regulatory Strategies ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior

Chapter 12 discusses childhood and adolescent autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication, and by restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Emotion regulation difficulty, particularly understanding emotion, is common in ASD, as is the use of maladaptive regulatory strategies (i.e., avoidance, expressive suppression). In terms of treatment, robust empirical evidence supports using mindfulness and cognitive behavioral approaches in treating anxiety, a frequent outcome of emotion dysregulation in youth ASD. In addition, two psychopharmacologic medications, risperidone and ariprazole, have well-established evidence supporting their utility in this population. Understanding the underlying dynamics of emotion regulation through ASD from a developmental perspective, whilst considering the stressors unique to this population, is imperative in order to improve treatment outcomes and optimize individualized skill development. The chapter concludes with a description of a novel intervention designed to specifically address emotion regulation difficulties in children with ASD.

Behavioral and Molecular Genetics of Emotion Dysregulation

2018 ◽  
pp. 201-220
Author(s):  
Lance M. Rappaport ◽  
Sage E. Hawn ◽  
Cassie Overstreet ◽  
Ananda B. Amstadter
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Underlying Structure

Given the critical role that emotion dysregulation plays in many psychiatric disorders, there is a need to understand the biological underpinnings of emotion regulation deficits. This chapter opens with a brief overview of emotion regulation and constructs that fall under its broad umbrella. Next, it provides a brief primer of behavioral genetic research methods, summarizes existing literature regarding the heritability of emotional dysregulation, provides an overview of molecular genetic research methods, and reviews extant molecular genetic literature on emotion regulation. Finally, the chapter reviews the limitations of existing research and identifies promising areas of future inquiry that may clarify the underlying structure of emotion dysregulation and identify the role of common genetic loci in associations between emotion dysregulation and psychopathology.

scholarly journals Association between Emotion Dysregulation and Distinct Groups of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Taiwanese Female Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3361
Author(s):  
Chen ◽  
Chun
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Background: Previous studies revealed that female adolescents are more likely than males to engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) to regulate negative emotions; however, the dimensions of emotion regulation that are associated with NSSI behavior in adolescents require further examination. The present study aimed to identify Taiwanese female adolescent clusters with NSSI engagement frequency and to evaluate the association of specific forms of emotion dysregulation with NSSI. Methods: The participants were 438 female adolescents (mean age = 15.23 years, SD = 1.24, range between 13 and 18) recruited from 11 high schools. Self-report questionnaires assessing NSSI, difficulties in emotion regulation, and positive and negative affect were administered, and 37% of respondents reported a history of NSSI. Results: The analysis of NSSI frequency yielded three groups: severe, moderate, and non-NSSI. High negative affect, low positive affect, and difficulties in all aspects of emotion regulation differentiated female adolescents in the severe NSSI group from their counterparts in the non-NSSI group. The moderate and severe NSSI groups were further distinguished by age of onset, negative affect, emotion regulation strategies, and impulse control. Adolescents classified in the severe group reported earlier onset of NSSI, higher negative affect, less emotion regulation strategies, and more difficulty with impulse control. Conclusions: The results indicate that assessments of NSSI and emotion regulation should be incorporated in youth mental health screening. The clinical implications of NSSI behavior intervention require further discussion.

scholarly journals Validation, emotion dysregulation and self-harm Results from an anonymous large-scale Internet-based study of young people

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moa Bråthén Wijana ◽  
Ata Ghaderi ◽  
Pia Enebrink ◽  
Sophie Isabelle Liljedahl
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Biosocial Theory ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Additional Support

Abstract Background: Self-harm is a major public healh concern and it is particularly prevalent among adolescents. The functions of self-harm are diverse, but can be devided into interpersonal and intrapersonal. Linehan’s Biosocial Theory suggests that there is a transaction between the indivduals’ emotional vulnurablity and an invalidating environment, which in turn results in maladptive and often self-destructive behaviors. This paper examines the associations between self-harm, emotion dysregulation and percieved validation/invalidation. Methods: A total of 1910 (M age = 17.2, 86.9% female gender identity) respondents completed questionnaires in an anonymous Web-based survey. We used well-established questionnairs for assessing self-harm and emotion dysregulation, and for the assessment of perceived validation/invalidation we used a novel instrument “Responses to my Emotion, Thoghts and Actions, REMTA”. Results: Validation/invalidation correlated with self-harm and to an even larger extent to emotional dysregulation. A lagre and significat part of the association between self-harm and perceived validation/inavldiation was also mediated by emotion regulation. Validation/invalidation from family members had a higher impact on both self-harm and emotion dysregulation than from non-relatives. Those reporting high levels of invalidation also reported significantly more difficulties in emotion regulation. Conclusions: The present study contributes to the understanding validation in the ethiology of self-harm. The results also provide additional support for the Biosocial Theory and has implication assessment and treatment of self-harm. Trial registration: The study was approved by the Regional Ethics Board in Stockholm (Dnr. 2015/815-31/5).

scholarly journals Emotional Dysregulation Symptoms Based on Sensitivity to Punishment and Reward and Intensity Mediated by Emotion Regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-164
Author(s):  
Mitra Aghajani ◽  
◽  
Mahshid Izadi ◽  
Noorali Farrokhi ◽  
Fariba Hassani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sensitivity To Punishment ◽  
High Comorbidity

Objective: The emotion dysregulation model by Mennin and Fresco considers the high comorbidity of generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder and pays special attention to their comorbidity. Additionally, due to the high comorbidity of social anxiety disorder as well as anxiety and mood disorders, this disorder was considered along with the last two disorders. This study aimed to assess a Conceptual Model of Emotional Dysregulation Symptoms Based on Sensitivity to Punishment and Reward and Intensity of Positive and Negative Emotions Mediated by Emotion Regulation Strategies in Students. Methods: In total, 189 students affiliated with the Sharif University were selected by random sampling method. Then, the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7), the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), the Affect Intensity Measure (AIM), the Sensitivity to Punishment/Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), the Attention Control Scale (ATTC), the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ), the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and the Responses to Positive Affect questionnaire (RPA) were distributed among them to collect the necessary data. The obtained data were analyzed by LISREL using structural equation modeling. Results: Pearson correlation coefficient data indicated a significant relationship between motivation components, positive and negative emotion regulation strategies, and the symptoms of emotion dysregulation. The results showed that the conceptual model of the research fitted with the collected data; accordingly, the positive and negative strategies of emotion regulation mediated the relationship between motivation and the symptoms of emotion dysregulation. Conclusion: The present research results supported the main hypothesis of the study. Thus, positive and negative emotion regulation strategies mediated the relationship between sensitivity to punishment and reward and the intensity of positive and negative emotion with the symptoms of emotion dysregulation.

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