The impact of emotion awareness and regulation on psychotic symptoms during daily functioning.

ABSTRACT: Emotion regulation (ER) difficulties are ubiquitous among individuals with schizophrenia and have been hypothesized to contribute to stress sensitivity and exacerbation of psychotic symptoms in this population. However, the evidence supporting this link is equivocal, potentially due to previous studies' reliance on retrospective assessments of ER and psychosis, as well as lack of consideration of putative moderators such as emotion awareness. To address these limitations, we employed experience sampling method using mobile electronic devices to investigate the links between momentary in vivo use of ER strategies (_mER), emotion awareness, and psychotic symptoms during daily functioning. Fifty-four individuals with schizophrenia completed assessment of _mER and psychotic

SUBMITTER: Kimhy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093537 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature