2025
Gambling disorder and problematic pornography use: Does co-occurrence influence treatment outcome?
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M, Granero R, Håkansson A, Gómez-Peña M, Perales I, Vicó À, Uríszar J, Fernández-Aranda F, Sánchez I, Jiménez-Murcia S. Gambling disorder and problematic pornography use: Does co-occurrence influence treatment outcome? Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2025, 14: 465-479. PMID: 40116860, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2025.00023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive-behavioral therapyGambling disorderPornography useEmotion regulationGD severityTreatment outcomesCognitive-behavioral therapy approachCognitive-behavioral therapy sessionsTreatment outcomes of individualsCo-occurrence of GDCo-occurrenceMental health concernsImprove treatment adherenceBehavioral addictionsTreatment dropoutOutcomes of individualsWeekly sessionsTreatment adherencePsychopathologyGamblingSessionsDisordersAssociated with higher likelihoodRelapseImpulseChronotherapeutic intervention targeting emotion regulation brain circuitry, symptoms, and suicide risk in adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder: a pilot randomised trial
Kim J, Sankar A, Marks R, Carrubba E, Lecza B, Quatrano S, Spencer L, Constable R, Pittman B, Lebowitz E, Silverman W, Swartz H, Blumberg H. Chronotherapeutic intervention targeting emotion regulation brain circuitry, symptoms, and suicide risk in adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder: a pilot randomised trial. BMJ Mental Health 2025, 28: e301338. PMID: 39971594, PMCID: PMC11840897, DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar disorderEmotion regulationSuicide riskBrain circuitryChronotherapeutic interventionsEmotional face stimuliLeft amygdala responseRisk of bipolar disorderTargeting emotion regulationReduce suicide riskHigher suicide riskYoung adultsFunctional MRI dataPost-treatment improvementAmygdala responsePotential intervention targetsEmotion dysregulationMania symptomsMood episodesFace stimuliCircuitry dysfunctionRegulation therapyDaily rhythmsWeekly sessionsSelf-monitoringStudy protocol of a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation multisite trial: Dialectical behavior therapy skills group for Veterans at high-risk for suicide attempt
Decker S, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Mattocks K, Aunon F, Galliford E, DeRycke E, Doran N, Baird S, Rielage J, Ridley J, Bannister J, Giovannelli T, Fuehrlein B, Shriver C, Spana E, Honsberger M, Demirelli S, Shest E, Landes S, Goodman M, Martino S. Study protocol of a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation multisite trial: Dialectical behavior therapy skills group for Veterans at high-risk for suicide attempt. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2025, 151: 107828. PMID: 39923893, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.107828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDialectical Behavior TherapyEmotional RegulationHumansSuicide, AttemptedUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsDialectical behavior therapyTreatment-as-usualDialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills GroupSuicide attemptsEmotion dysregulationComponents of dialectical behavior therapyComprehensive DBTVeterans Health AdministrationTherapist consultation teamSkill groupsNon-veteran samplesReduce suicide attemptsAdjunctive treatmentSelf-directed violenceBehavioral therapySuicidal behaviorSuicideMultisite trialEffectiveness trialHigh-risk veteransVeteransPost-randomizationSuicide deathsEmotionsRandomized controlled trials
2024
Changes in Emotion Regulation During the Course of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Effects on Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury and Binge Eating Across Two Samples
Harris L, Weiss E, Davis M, Daniel T, Hart‐Derrick V, Barnes S, Cawood C. Changes in Emotion Regulation During the Course of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Effects on Non‐Suicidal Self‐Injury and Binge Eating Across Two Samples. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 2024, 31: e70018. PMID: 39562786, DOI: 10.1002/cpp.70018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-suicidal self-injuryEffectiveness of dialectical behavior therapyDialectical behavior therapyBinge eatingEmotion regulationBehavioral therapySelf-injuryCourse of DBTFrequency of non-suicidal self-injuryOutpatient dialectical behavior therapyAssociated with emotion dysregulationBinge eating frequencySelf-damaging behaviorsIntensive outpatient programReduce harmful behaviorsEmotion dysregulationVeteran sampleER abilitiesCivilian samplesTreatment settingsOutpatient programBingeEating frequencyCourse of treatmentHarmful behaviorSupporting emotion regulation in children on the autism spectrum: co-developing a digital mental health application for school-based settings with community partners
Kaur I, Kamel R, Sultanik E, Tan J, Mazefsky C, Brookman-Frazee L, McPartland J, Goodwin M, Pennington J, Beidas R, Mandell D, Nuske H. Supporting emotion regulation in children on the autism spectrum: co-developing a digital mental health application for school-based settings with community partners. Journal Of Pediatric Psychology 2024, 50: 129-140. PMID: 39441712, PMCID: PMC11753873, DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health applicationsUser-centered design frameworkHealth applicationsDigital mental health applicationsApp developmentCommunity partnersWearable devicesWearable biosensingNeeds assessment interviewsDeterminants of implementationExpert advisory boardDesign frameworkSchool-based settingsCo-designDesign workshopsIn-personSystematic reviewAdvisory boardQualitative dataUsabilityAssessment interviewsWearableFeasibility testReduce challenging behaviorAppsEmotion Regulation, Coping Strategies, and Hazardous Drinking Among Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
Hernandez Chilatra J, Browning W, Yildiz M, Sullivan T, Pickering C. Emotion Regulation, Coping Strategies, and Hazardous Drinking Among Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Research In Gerontological Nursing 2024, 17: 81-90. PMID: 38507290, DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20240229-02.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazardous drinkingADRD caregiversFamily caregiversCoping strategiesFamily caregivers of peopleFamily caregivers of individualsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-ConsumptionCaregivers of peopleCaregivers of individualsPrevalence of hazardous drinkingEmotion regulationBinary logistic regression modelLogistic regression modelsReducing avoidant copingCaregiving experiencePotential risk factorsTest-ConsumptionTargeted interventionsADRDAlcohol use disorderCaregiversImprove emotion regulationAvoidant copingAlzheimer's diseaseCopingEnhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Williams A, Cleare S, Borschmann R, Tench C, Gross J, Hollis C, Chapman-Nisar A, Naeche N, Townsend E, Slovak P, Youth O, Creswell C, Fonagy P, Arseneault L, Lloyd E, De Alcantara Mendes J, Holter C, Jirotka M, Lazar Z, Patalay P, Kelly Y, Kandola A, Sonuga-Barke E, Livingstone S, Kostryka-Allchorne K, Bourgaize J, Stoilova M, O’Connor R, Auer D, Lee S, Jawahar N, Etherson M, Greenhalgh C, Sayal K, Warren J, Wanniarachchi V, Glover K, Stallard P, Hall C, Lucassen M, Merry S, Stasiak K, Babbage C, Khan K, Parker A, Lockwood J, Gregory J, Nielsen E, Vallejos E, Woodcock R, Doherty S, Willingham L. Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e079801. PMID: 38195171, PMCID: PMC10806609, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-harm ideationSelf-harmEmotion dysregulationEmotion regulationRandomised controlled trialsWaitlist controlEnhance emotion regulationExperiences of self-harmSocially assistive robotsSelf-Harm QuestionnaireSelf-harm thoughtsControlled trialsPeer-reviewed open access journalsLGBTQ+ youthPeople’s own viewsAssistive robotsControl participantsIntervention participantsAcceptable interventionSemistructured interviewsLinear mixed modelsPreliminary evidenceEthical approvalKing's College LondonSecondary outcomes
2023
Systematic review: emotion dysregulation and challenging behavior interventions for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum with graded key evidence-based strategy recommendations
Nuske H, Young A, Khan F, Palermo E, Ajanaku B, Pellecchia M, Vivanti G, Mazefsky C, Brookman-Frazee L, McPartland J, Goodwin M, Mandell D. Systematic review: emotion dysregulation and challenging behavior interventions for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum with graded key evidence-based strategy recommendations. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 33: 1963-1976. PMID: 37740093, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02298-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolEmotional RegulationHumansProblem BehaviorConceptsEmotion dysregulationBehavioral interventionsAutism spectrumInterventions targeting emotion dysregulationTeaching emotion regulation skillsChildhood mental health disordersEmotion dysregulation measuresTarget internalizing symptomsEmotion regulation skillsEmotion regulation trainingAntecedent-based interventionsMental health disordersInternalizing symptomsChallenging behaviorRegulation skillsRegulation trainingBehavioral measuresHealth disordersAutismEmpirical supportEmotionsAdolescentsVisual supportDysregulationEvidence-based strategiesChoosing to Avoid the Positive? Emotion Regulation Strategy Choice in Depression
Millgram Y, Lakan S, Joormann J, Nahum M, Shimony O, Tamir M. Choosing to Avoid the Positive? Emotion Regulation Strategy Choice in Depression. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2023, 132: 669-680. PMID: 37261782, DOI: 10.1037/abn0000835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation strategiesPleasant emotionsUnpleasant emotionsMDD participantsRegulation strategiesPleasant affectNondepressed individualsStrategy choiceMajor depressive disorderEcological momentary assessmentStrong motivationPositive ruminationNegative ruminationUnpleasant affectPleasant stimuliStrategy useBehavioral tasksEmotionsDaily lifeStudy 1Study 2Momentary assessmentAffectMotivationRuminationCognitive flexibility and emotion regulation: Dual layers of resilience against the emergence of paranoia
Deng W, Acquah K, Joormann J, Cannon T. Cognitive flexibility and emotion regulation: Dual layers of resilience against the emergence of paranoia. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2023, 167: 104360. PMID: 37413786, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2023.104360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation abilitiesHigher cognitive flexibilityCognitive flexibilityEmotion regulationRegulation abilityParanoid beliefsBetter emotion regulation abilityGreater emotion regulation difficultiesLower cognitive flexibilityEmotion regulation difficultiesSelf-report measuresSevere paranoiaCognitive vulnerabilityRegulation difficultiesCognitive inflexibilityAffective statesLower paranoiaBiased beliefsParanoiaEarly interventionBeliefsLow abilityInflexibilityIndividualsAbilityInterplay between uncertainty intolerance, emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-wave study
Godara M, Everaert J, Sanchez-Lopez A, Joormann J, De Raedt R. Interplay between uncertainty intolerance, emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-wave study. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 9854. PMID: 37330557, PMCID: PMC10276821, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36211-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntolerance of uncertaintyEmotion regulation difficultiesCognitive controlMulti-wave studyRegulation difficultiesCognitive flexibilityEmotion regulationMental healthMaladaptive emotion regulationProtective factorsUncertainty intoleranceIndividual differencesMediation analysisMental health burdenCOVID-19 pandemicStress resilienceRisk factorsPsychopathologySignificant mental health burdenOnline assessmentLongitudinal changesNegative effectsDifficultiesHealth burdenAnxietyEmotion regulation and disordered eating behaviour in youths: Two daily‐diary studies
Dworschak C, Polack R, Winschel J, Joormann J, Kober H. Emotion regulation and disordered eating behaviour in youths: Two daily‐diary studies. European Eating Disorders Review 2023, 31: 655-669. PMID: 37293697, DOI: 10.1002/erv.2993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentCOVID-19Emotional RegulationEmotionsFeeding and Eating DisordersHumansPandemicsConceptsEmotion regulationNegative affectPositive emotion regulationMaladaptive emotion regulationDisorder riskDaily diary designDaily diary studyUse of ruminationNegative emotionsDiary designRestrictive eatingWeight concernsRuminationPrevious researchCognitionWave 1YouthAffectEatingEmotionsCOVID-19 pandemicAdolescenceHigh levelsPresent studyBehaviorMaternal emotional regulation strategy is associated with newborn feeding practices within 72 h after delivery: Cross sectional analyses of a multi-center study in China
Li H, Lin S, Shen X, Amaerjiang N, Shu W, Li M, Xiao H, Segura-Pérez S, Pérez-Escamilla R, Fan X, Hu Y. Maternal emotional regulation strategy is associated with newborn feeding practices within 72 h after delivery: Cross sectional analyses of a multi-center study in China. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 333: 202-208. PMID: 37084980, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFeeding practicesH postpartumEarly feeding practicesInfant feeding practicesHealth of mothersMulti-center studyNewborn feeding practicesDevelopment of infantsChi-square testEBF ratesMultivariable analysisPart of interventionsNewborn periodSocio-demographic characteristicsBreastfeeding interventionsSelf-administrated questionnaireHealth providersEmotional regulationLogistic regressionBaseline surveyLongitudinal studyMothersCOVID-19 pandemicPostpartumSectional analysis
2022
Emotion regulation strategies and mental health symptoms during COVID-19: the mediating role of insomnia
Mojsa-Kaja J, Ivcevic Z. Emotion regulation strategies and mental health symptoms during COVID-19: the mediating role of insomnia. International Journal Of Occupational Medicine And Environmental Health 2022, 36: 151-159. PMID: 36661865, PMCID: PMC10464781, DOI: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxietyCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesDepressionEmotional RegulationFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthPandemicsSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersConceptsEmotion regulation strategiesRegulation strategiesEmotion regulationEffect of emotion regulation strategiesSymptoms of affective disordersImprove emotion regulationStressful life eventsSymptoms of insomniaMental health symptomsMental health outcomesIndirect effectsMental health problemsAffective disordersLife eventsHealth symptomsPathogenesis of sleep disordersAnxietyInsomniaEmotionsEmotional statesDepressionSources of stressSleep disordersDisordersMediated mechanismNeural activations to loss anticipation mediates the association between difficulties in emotion regulation and screen media activities among early adolescent youth: A moderating role for depression
Zhang J, Zhou N, Song K, Zou B, Xu L, Fu Y, Geng X, Wang Z, Li X, Potenza M, Nan Y, Zhang J. Neural activations to loss anticipation mediates the association between difficulties in emotion regulation and screen media activities among early adolescent youth: A moderating role for depression. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2022, 58: 101186. PMID: 36516611, PMCID: PMC9764194, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnticipation, PsychologicalBrainBrain MappingDepressionEmotional RegulationHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingRewardConceptsReward/loss processingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexProcessing of emotionsScreen media activitiesAnterior insulaLoss processingEmotion regulationBrain activationRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexMonetary incentive delay taskDepressive symptomsNegative emotional situationsEarly adolescent youthIncentive delay taskNegative emotional statesLeft anterior insulaPotential mediating factorsAI activationNeural correlatesFMRI scanningDelay taskEmotional situationsEmotional statesLoss anticipationMediation modelChildhood Adversity, Addiction Severity, and Comorbidity Among Patients Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Carr M, Ellis J, Saules K, Ledgerwood D. Childhood Adversity, Addiction Severity, and Comorbidity Among Patients Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2022, 211: 150-156. PMID: 36112518, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdverse Childhood ExperiencesAnxietyBehavior, AddictiveChildChild AbuseComorbidityEmotional RegulationFemaleHumansMaleConceptsOpioid use disorder treatmentUse disorder treatmentClinical severityChildhood adversityDisorder treatmentOpioid agonist treatmentChildhood adversity exposureGreater childhood adversityOUD treatmentAgonist treatmentTreatment strategiesEmotion dysregulationEmotion regulationCurrent psychopathologyAddiction severityPatientsAdversity exposureSymptom typeSeverityWomenStrongest predictorTreatmentHigh rateDysregulationGreater exposureThe Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale for Youth (FREE-Y): Adaptation and Validation Across a Varied Sample of Children and Adolescents
Haag AC, B. C, Noll JG, Gee DG, Shenk CE, Schreier HMC, Heim CM, Shalev I, Rose EJ, Jorgensen A, Bonanno GA. The Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale for Youth (FREE-Y): Adaptation and Validation Across a Varied Sample of Children and Adolescents. Assessment 2022, 30: 1265-1284. PMID: 35510578, PMCID: PMC9636062, DOI: 10.1177/10731911221090465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultChildEmotional RegulationEmotionsFactor Analysis, StatisticalHumansReproducibility of ResultsConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisHypothetical social scenariosMultiple-group confirmatory factor analysisEmotional expression scaleHigher-order factor structureEmotion regulationExecutive functioningEmotion expressionComparison participantsSocial scenariosRegulation abilityFlexibility scoresMeasurement invarianceMaltreatment statusFactor structureValid measureExpression ScaleRange of populationsFactor analysisLower suppressionYouthGroup comparisonsAdaptive abilityVaried sampleFlexible regulationComing out under fire: The role of minority stress and emotion regulation in sexual orientation disclosure
van Dyk I, Aldao A, Pachankis JE. Coming out under fire: The role of minority stress and emotion regulation in sexual orientation disclosure. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0267810. PMID: 35500012, PMCID: PMC9060356, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267810.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation: A systematic review
Weiss N, Thomas E, Schick M, Reyes M, Contractor A. Racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation: A systematic review. Journal Of Clinical Psychology 2021, 78: 785-808. PMID: 34841522, PMCID: PMC9035029, DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEthnic differencesPreferred Reporting ItemsSystematic review's objectiveSystematic review methodEmotion regulation strategiesEthnoracial minoritiesEmotion regulationRacial/ethnic differencesReporting ItemsClinically relevant outcomesReview objectivesElectronic databasesSystematic reviewInclusion criteriaRegulation strategiesRelevant outcomesReview methodTransdiagnostic mechanismEmotionsEmotion regulation and substance use: A meta-analysis
Weiss N, Kiefer R, Goncharenko S, Raudales A, Forkus S, Schick M, Contractor A. Emotion regulation and substance use: A meta-analysis. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 230: 109131. PMID: 34864568, PMCID: PMC8714680, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesEmotional RegulationEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsEmotion regulationSubstance useFunction of emotion regulationEmotion regulation strategiesEmotion regulation abilitiesSearch of PsycINFORegulation strategiesCognitive abilitiesPositive emotionsRegulation abilityEmotionsSample characteristicsClinical samplesMeta-analysisSubstancesAbilityPsycINFOUseRegulationInclusion criteriaSex
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