A network approach to emotion regulation and symptom activation in depression and anxiety.

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; M_age  = 32.70; SD_a

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420018 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature