Believing emotions are uncontrollable is linked to eating disorder psychopathology via suppression and reappraisal

Vuillier, Laura; Joseph, Jemma; Somerville, Matthew P.; Harrison, Amy

doi:10.1186/s40337-021-00395-8

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“…In past work, it has similarly been found that the controllability domain is the strongest predictor of psychopathology and emotion regulation (see Becerra et al, 2020). Recent studies have also supported that believing emotions are uncontrollable was linked to psychopathology symptoms via usage of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (De Castella et al, 2013;Vuillier et al, 2021). Therefore, our results are in line with previous reports (Becerra et al, 2020), in so far supporting a more significant role of the controllability beliefs domain in predicting symptoms of psychopathology.…”

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Assessing emotion beliefs with the Polish version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ): psychometric properties, norms, and links with emotional reactivity and psychopathology

Larionow,

Preece,

Mudło-Głagolska

2023

Curr Psychol

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Originally developed in English, the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ) is a self-report measure of beliefs about the controllability and usefulness of negative and positive emotions. In this study, we introduce the Polish version and examine its psychometric properties and links with emotional outcomes. Our sample was 914 Polish adults aged 18–70 from the general population. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to verify the factor structure. Convergent and divergent validity were assessed based on the relationship between the EBQ and emotional reactivity traits as well as markers of anxiety, depression, and stress. We assessed internal consistency reliability. We also examined discriminant validity by conducting exploratory factor analyses of EBQ scores and emotional reactivity traits and psychopathology symptoms. We evaluated criterion validity by conducting a set of multiple regression analyses, examining whether EBQ scores could predict significant variance in psychopathology symptoms. Our factor analyses supported the EBQ’s factorial validity, conforming to the intended 4-factor structure (subscales: negative-controllability, positive-controllability, negative-usefulness, positive-usefulness), with support also found for a higher-order general factor (e.g., CFI = 0.941, RMSEA = 0.063). This structure was invariant across gender and age categories. The EBQ subscales correlated in expected directions with emotional reactivity traits and psychopathology symptoms. The EBQ showed good internal consistency reliability (α = 0.77–0.88) and discriminant validity. Beliefs about the uncontrollability of negative emotions were the strongest unique predictor of psychopathology symptoms. We also presented percentile rank norms for Polish adults. The Polish version of the EBQ appears to have strong psychometric properties and good clinical relevance.

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Assessing emotion beliefs with the Polish version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ): psychometric properties, norms, and links with emotional reactivity and psychopathology

Larionow,

Preece,

Mudło-Głagolska

2023

Curr Psychol

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“…Participants completed a number of measures which were presented through the online platform Qualtrics. Participants also answered other questionnaires not reported in the current paper, and some of the data was used in two published articles [ 19 , 62 ]. The measures relevant to the present analysis as predictors, dependent variables and covariates were as follows:…”

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What about males? Exploring sex differences in the relationship between emotion difficulties and eating disorders

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Objective While eating disorders (EDs) are more commonly diagnosed in females, there is growing awareness that men also experience EDs and may do so in a different way. Difficulties with emotion processing and emotion regulation are believed to be important in EDs, but as studies have involved predominantly female samples, it is unclear whether this is also true for males. Methods In a sample of 1604 participants (n = 631 males), we assessed emotion processing and emotion regulation in males with EDs (n = 109) and compared results to both females with EDs (n = 220) and males from the general population (n = 522). We also looked at whether emotion processing and emotion regulation difficulties predicted various aspects of eating psychopathology and whether this was moderated by sex. We assessed emotion processing with the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, emotion regulation with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and eating psychopathology with the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. Results We found that males with ED, like their female counterparts, suffered from emotion processing and emotion regulation deficits. We did find some sex differences, in that males with EDs tended to report more difficulties with their emotions as well as a more externally oriented thinking style compared to females with EDs. Difficulties with emotion processing and emotion regulation were strongly predictive of various aspects of eating psychopathology in both sexes. Importantly, we found that sex moderated the relationship between cognitive reappraisal and eating restraint. As such, low use of reappraisal was found to be associated with higher levels of restraint in females but not in males. Discussion Difficulties with emotion processing and emotion regulation are associated with eating psychopathology in both males and females. Reappraisal was not found to be associated with reduced eating psychopathology in males, suggesting a cautious approach to interventions targeting this strategy. Research around explanatory mechanisms and interventions must adopt a broader viewpoint including those that are traditionally overlooked in EDs.

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“…In addition, future empirical work could clarify potential mediators and moderators in the relationships between emotion perspectives and clinical outcomes. Initial work in this domain has clarified that differences in emotion regulation, such as the use of cognitive reappraisal or expressive suppression, mediated the relationship between emotion perspectives and mental health, including depressive, anxiety, and eating disorder symptoms (Deplancke et al, 2022 ; Vuillier et al, 2021 ). Additionally, work by Schroder and others describe how anxiety mindsets related to clinical symptoms, such as substance use, depression, and non-suicidal self-injury, and buffered the effect of stressful life events on certain symptoms (Schroder et al, 2017 ).…”

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Lay perspectives on emotion: past, present, and future research directions

Kneeland

Kisley

2023

Motiv Emot

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Empirical research has demonstrated that individuals vary widely in how they view their emotions. We call the viewpoints that individuals have towards their emotions emotion perspectives. While many subdisciplines of psychology, such as social psychology and clinical psychology, have studied this topic, research thus far can be siloed, despite overlap in terms and constructs. The goal of the current special issue and this introduction is to describe the state of research on emotion perspectives, highlight common themes in streams of emotion perspective research, and present future directions for investigation. The first portion of this introduction to the special issue provides a basic review of emotion perspective research, spotlighting topics such as emotion beliefs, emotion mindsets, lay theories of emotion, and attitudes toward emotion. The second portion of the introduction presents themes that cut across papers in the special issue, with a discussion of future research directions throughout. The goal of this introduction and special issue is to serve as a guide for greater integration in emotion perspective research and to provide a roadmap for emotion perspective research moving forward.

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Believing emotions are uncontrollable is linked to eating disorder psychopathology via suppression and reappraisal

Cited by 16 publications

References 60 publications

Assessing emotion beliefs with the Polish version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ): psychometric properties, norms, and links with emotional reactivity and psychopathology

Assessing emotion beliefs with the Polish version of the Emotion Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ): psychometric properties, norms, and links with emotional reactivity and psychopathology

What about males? Exploring sex differences in the relationship between emotion difficulties and eating disorders

Lay perspectives on emotion: past, present, and future research directions

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