Successful application of adaptive emotion regulation skills predicts the subsequent reduction of depressive symptom severity but neither the reduction of anxiety nor the reduction of general distress during the treatment of major depressive disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Deficits in general emotion regulation (ER) skills have been linked to symptoms of depression and are thus considered a promising target in the treatment of Major depressive disorder (MDD). However, at this point, the extent to which such skills are relevant for coping with depression and whether they should instead be considered a transdiagnostic factor remain unclear. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate whether successful ER skills application is associated with changes in depressive symptom severity (DSS), anxiety symptom severity (ASS), and general distress severity (GDS) over the course of treatment for MDD.

Methods

Successful ER skills application, DSS, ASS, and GDS were assessed four times during the first three weeks of treatment in 175 inpati

SUBMITTER: Wirtz CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4203678 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature