Emotion Regulation Flexibility in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Conroy, Kathleen; Curtiss, Joshua; Barthel, Abigail L.; Lubin, Rebecca E.; Wieman, Sarah; Bui, Éric; Simon, Naomi M.; Hofmann, S.

doi:10.1007/s10862-019-09773-8

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“…Indeed, recent research suggests that emotion dysregulation in anxiety may be an important predictor of QOL in anxiety disorders. Among individuals with GAD, less emotion regulation flexibility resulted in poorer QOL and greater emotional distress [48]. Relatedly, decentering (the ability to observe thoughts and feelings as objective events in the mind rather than personally identifying with them) was found to be a moderator of treatment, such that larger increases in decentering predicted greater improvements in QOL following group CBT for adults with anxiety disorders [49].…”

Section: Emotion Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Wilmer

Anderson

Reynolds

2021

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent conditions that have a detrimental impact on quality of life (QOL), particularly when left untreated. In the present review, we summarize recent literature, published within the last 3 years, on QOL in anxiety disorders, with a focus on factors that may play a role in the relationship between anxiety and QOL. Recent Findings We organize our findings into four categories: (1) subjective distress, (2) behavioral responses, (3) functional impairment, and (4) clinical factors. Results indicate that greater anxiety symptom severity is linked with poorer QOL, and cognitive behavioral therapies for anxiety yield positive effects on QOL. Additional transdiagnostic mechanisms are highlighted, including anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and avoidant coping. We examine the role of functional impairment, and we discuss factors related to treatment, including comorbidity and longitudinal effects. We also consider early research from the COVID-19 pandemic. Summary Understanding the underlying factors that contribute to QOL detriments provides important insight into the impact of anxiety disorders and identifies targets for enhancing QOL through treatment.

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Section: Emotion Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Wilmer

Anderson

Reynolds

2021

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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“…Expressive flexibility refers to the ability to flexibly enhance and suppress emotional expression in accordance with different contexts [ 7 ]. Previous studies have focused on investigating the relationship between expressive flexibility and negative aspects of mental health (e.g., depression, emotion distress, and psychology symptoms) [ 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 ], noting that expressive flexibility is a crucial protective factor for mental health. However, few examined the possible positive link between expressive flexibility and positive aspects of mental health, such as life satisfaction.…”

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“…Existing research has shown a clear relationship between expressive flexibility and mental health outcomes, especially in terms of psychopathology. For example, there is solid evidence that expressive flexibility deficits can predict mental illness, such as depression [ 9 , 10 , 26 ], emotion distress [ 8 ], and anxiety [ 27 , 28 ]. A recent survey among combat-exposed veterans suggested that lower levels of expressive flexibility were associated with more severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression [ 9 ].…”

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Expressive Flexibility and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Social Support and Gender Differences

Shangguan

Zhang

Wang

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Recent research has emphasized the crucial role of expressive flexibility in mental health. This study extended prior studies by further exploring the mediating mechanism and possible gender differences underlying the association between expressive flexibility and mental health indexed by depression and life satisfaction based on the dual-factor model of mental health. Specifically, we explored whether social support mediated the association between expressive flexibility and depression as well as life satisfaction, and whether there were gender differences in these relationships. A total of 711 voluntary college students (mean age = 20.98 years, SD = 2.28; 55.70% women) completed a set of scales assessing expressive flexibility, perceived social support, depression, and life satisfaction. Results showed that expressive flexibility had a positive direct effect on life satisfaction and social support mediated this association. Social support also mediated the relationship between expressive flexibility and depression. The mediation effect of social support was robust and consistent in men and women whereas expressive flexibility had a stronger direct effect on depression in women compared to men. The present study contributes to clarifying the relationship between expressive flexibility and mental health from a more comprehensive perspective. Last, the strengths and limitations of this study were discussed.

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“…Thus, it may be that not only an individuals' habitual profile of regulatory processes predicts psychological functioning, but also their ability to flexibly select and adjust regulatory strategies. These interpretations are in line with a relatively recent development in emotion regulation research, in which the importance of emotion regulation flexibility is underlined (e.g., Conroy et al, 2020;Pruessner et al, 2020).…”

Section: Part 1: Emotion Regulation As a Multi-modal Underlying Mechanism Of Externalizing Problemssupporting

confidence: 83%

Interventions Under the Microscope: Emotionregulation training as a treatment element for externalizing problems in adolescence

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Emotion Regulation Flexibility in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Cited by 31 publications

References 54 publications

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Expressive Flexibility and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Social Support and Gender Differences

Interventions Under the Microscope: Emotionregulation training as a treatment element for externalizing problems in adolescence

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