Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background Emotions can be regulated through several regulatory strategies that are involved in the development of psychopathological symptoms. Despite the well-established association between psychopathology and emotion dysregulation, little is known about the relationship between individual symptoms of depression and anxiety and emotion regulation strategies (ERS), as well as between ERS themselves. Method We conducted a cross-sectional study and examined the interactions between six ERS (reappraisal, engagement, rumination, suppression, arousal control, and distraction) and assessed their distinctive association with the activation of specific symptoms of depression and anxiety in a community sample of 376 adults (80.4% female; Mage = 32.70; SDage = 11.80). The Regulation Emotion Systems Survey (RESS) was used to measure ERS. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) were used to assess psychological symptoms. An exploratory graph analysis was performed to examine the structural properties of the network of interactions between these behaviors. Additionally, to test the association of ERS with the activation of the depression symptoms network, an expected symptoms activity (ESA) was conducted. Results Six communities were found that correspond to the six ERS. Rumination and suppression have a significant association with symptom activation (particularly low self-esteem), whereas reappraisal reduces symptomatic activation. The effect of arousal control, engagement, and distraction appears to depend on the remaining ERS rather than having much influence on their own. Conclusion This study provides insight into how ERS interact with each other and with individual symptoms of depression and anxiety. Understanding the effects of these interactions on symptom activation and comorbidity can improve our understanding of psychopathology.
Source: Frontiers in Public Health
Authors: Ana Rita Rodrigues, Daniel Castro, Joana Cardoso, Filipa Ferreira, Carla Serrão, Carlos M. Coelho, Liliana Meira, Tiago B. Ferreira
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,295
Awards: Personalização do tratamento psicoterapêutico baseado em mindfulness para as perturbações depressivas: uma abordagem baseada na estrutura ideográfica de interações entre as características clínicas e os mecanismos de mudança., Personalização do tratamento psicoterapêutico baseado em mindfulness para as perturbações depressivas: uma abordagem baseada na estrutura ideográfica de interações entre as características clínicas e os mecanismos de mudança., Modelo integrativo das interações complexas entre os mecanismos cognitivos e sintomas implicados na depressão, Centro de Psicologia da Universidade do Porto
OpenAlex ID: W4402396477