Assessing Emotion Polyregulation in Daily Life: Who Uses It, When Is It Used, and How Effective Is It?

Ladis, Ilana; Toner, Emma R.; Daros, Alexander R.; Daniel, Katharine E.; Boukhechba, Mehdi; Chow, Philip I.; Barnes, Laura E.; Teachman, Bethany A.; Ford, Brett Q.

doi:10.1007/s42761-022-00166-x

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“…This finding was robust: it replicated in both data waves, and it was not moderated by gender or age. These resultsespecially the observation that everyone uses a mixture of ERs, and at least some degree of "maladaptive" strategiesdemonstrate the importance of examining multiple ER strategies at the same time, as recent studies have increasingly done (Chesney & Gordon, 2017;Grommisch et al, 2019;Ladis et al, 2023;Lougheed & Hollenstein, 2012;Southward, & Cheavens, 2020;van den Huevel al., 2020;Wen et al, 2021).…”

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“…ER repertoire is defined as the range of different ER strategies that an individual utilizes across situations (Grommisch et al, 2019). Similarly, emotion polyregulation is the range of strategies used during a specific emotional episode (Ladis et al, 2023). Research has shown that individuals differ in the size of their ER repertoire as well as in their repertoire components.…”

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“…Research has shown that individuals differ in the size of their ER repertoire as well as in their repertoire components. These differences are related to their risk for psychopathology, including depression (e.g., Grommisch et al, 2019;Ladis et al, 2023;Lougheed & Hollenstein, 2012;Southward & Cheavens, 2020;van den Huevel., 2020;Wen et al, 2021).…”

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“…ER repertoire has been operationalized using different methods. Some studies simply summed up the number of ER strategies a person uses (e.g., Aldao & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2013;Bonanno & Burton, 2013;Heiy & Cheavens, 2014;Ladis et al, 2023;Quiñones-Camacho & Davis, 2018). The disadvantage of this method is that it treats all ER strategies as interchangeable.…”

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“…The disadvantage of this method is that it treats all ER strategies as interchangeable. Indeed, research based on this operationalization has led to mixed results, with some studies reporting a positive association between ER repertoire size and mental health (Quiñones-Camacho & Davis, 2018), others reporting a negative association (Aldao & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2013), and some reporting no association (Heiy & Cheavens, 2014;Ladis et al, 2023). Relatedly, a study that examines ER diversity (which is similar to ER repertoire but also takes into account the frequency of individual strategy use; Wen et al, 2021), found that those with current and remitted depression have larger ER diversity compared to healthy controls.…”

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It’s a balancing act: The ratio of maladaptive (vs. all) emotion regulation strategies is associated with depression

Gadassi Polack,

Paganini,

Zhang

et al. 2024

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Research on emotion regulation (ER) has increasingly recognized that people use multiple strategies simultaneously, often referred to as ER repertoire. Prior research found that ER repertoire is associated with psychopathology, but results have been mixed. Indeed, research from recent years suggests that it is the quality of ERs, rather than their quantity, that needs to be considered. Based on the combination of the literatures on ER repertoire, polyregulation, and ER flexibility, we propose a novel metric: the ratio of using putatively maladaptive (vs. all) ER strategies. Using this metric, we examine (1) maladaptive ER ratio changes during the transition to adolescence, a developmental period in which the prevalence of depression sharply increases, and (2) how changes in maladaptive ER ratio are associated with depressive symptoms. One-hundred and thirty-nine youths (baseline age: 8-15) reported ER strategies and depression daily for 21 days. One year later, 115 completed another 28-day daily-diary (Nassessments= 5,631). Our results show that almost all youth use at least some maladaptive ERs. Importantly, maladaptive ER ratio decreases over a year of adolescence for most youths. Conversely, an increased maladaptive ER ratio predicted depression increases on the daily and on the yearly level. These results shed light on typical and atypical development of ER flexibility and emphasize the need to consider the balance between ERs in relation to psychopathology.

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