Emotion Regulation Flexibility in Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People differ in their affective styles, which refers to habitual use of emotion regulation (ER) strategies. Previous research has shown that mental health is associated with an individual's adaptive flexibility of emotion regulation strategies rather than any one particular ER strategy.

Methods

The present study employed a person-centered approach using latent profile analyses to distinguish patients with generalized anxiety disorder based on their responses on an affective styles measure.

Results

Results of the latent profile analysis supported a three-class solution. Class 1 (26% of participants) identified individuals with the lowest scores of each affective style; class 2 (10%) included individuals with the highest scores of each style; and class 3 (64

SUBMITTER: Conroy K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357573 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature