2024
What empathizers do: Empathy and the selection of everyday interpersonal emotion regulation strategies
Geiger E, Pruessner L, Barnow S, Joormann J. What empathizers do: Empathy and the selection of everyday interpersonal emotion regulation strategies. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 370: 76-89. PMID: 39490675, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpersonal emotion regulation strategiesEmotion regulation strategiesRelationship-oriented strategiesCognitive reappraisalEmpathic concernRegulation strategiesSocial functioningTreatment of affective disordersEcological momentary assessment studyRegulating others' emotionsImpaired social functioningMomentary assessment studyComponents of mentalizingMulti-faceted constructPositive social outcomesAffective disordersOthers' emotionsPersonal distressEmpathic behaviorParticipants' empathyStudy 1Study 2Measure empathyEmotionsInterpersonal bonds
2022
Developing a novel assessment of interpretation flexibility: Reliability, validity and clinical implications
Deng W, Everaert J, Creighton M, Bronstein M, Cannon T, Joormann J. Developing a novel assessment of interpretation flexibility: Reliability, validity and clinical implications. Personality And Individual Differences 2022, 190: 111548. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterpretation biasHigh-level cognitive deficitsPicture-based tasksStrong convergent validitySocial anxietySymptoms of depressionTransdiagnostic factorVerbal stimuliVerbal measuresNegative interpretationsStimulus modalityPersecutory ideationCognitive deficitsReliable paradigmGeneral population sampleConvergent validityDevelopmental studiesInflexibilityTaskPsychotic symptomsAffective disordersClinical implicationsNovel assessmentBiasPopulation sample
2019
A Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Responses to Positive Affect Questionnaire
Voss M, Ehring T, Timpano K, Joormann J, Wolkenstein L. A Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Responses to Positive Affect Questionnaire. Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment 2019, 41: 425-435. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-019-09757-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositive emotion regulationPositive Affect questionnaireEmotion regulationPositive emotionsAffect QuestionnaireEmotion-focused ruminationDifferent cognitive responsesSelf-report measuresSelf-focused ruminationFactor analysisGerman versionAdequate internal consistencyConfirmatory factor analysisNegative emotionsCognitive responsesIndividual differencesIncremental validityAffective disordersSet of questionnairesExploratory factor analysisRuminationFactor structureAcceptable convergentEmotionsPsychometric properties