Suppression, but not reappraisal, is associated with inflammation in trauma-exposed veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotion dysregulation can elicit inflammatory activity. The current study examined whether specific maladaptive and adaptive emotion regulation strategies were associated with inflammatory markers in trauma-exposed veterans, above and beyond PTSD.

Methods

In a cohort study, 606 participants exposed to a Criterion A trauma and recruited from Veteran Health Administration facilities completed fasting blood draws, the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale-IV. Inflammation was assessed with high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), white blood cell count (WBC), and fibrinogen levels. An inflammation index was created by summing standardized log-transformed levels of the three biomarkers. Our primary linear regression models wer

SUBMITTER: Khan AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425342 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature