If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix it: Positive Versus Negative Emotion Regulation in Daily Life and Depressive Symptoms

Mueller, Ilka; Pruessner, Luise; Holt, Daniel V.; Zimmermann, Verena; Schulze, Katrin; Strakosch, Ana-Maria; Barnow, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.037

Journal of Affective Disorders

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.037

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If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix it: Positive Versus Negative Emotion Regulation in Daily Life and Depressive Symptoms

Ilka Mueller,

Luise Pruessner,

Daniel V. Holt

et al.

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Young Adults With Low and High Psychosis Proneness: A Diary Study

Riehle,

Brauer,

Lincoln

et al. 2024

Cogn Ther Res

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Purpose Emotion regulation is a complex process that often involves the presence of others, also known as interpersonal emotion regulation (IER). However, little is known about how psychotic symptoms relate to IER. We investigated whether young adults with elevated psychosis proneness engage in IER less frequently and find it less helpful than those with low psychosis proneness. Methods Psychosis-prone young adults with attenuated negative (PP-NES, n = 37) and positive symptoms (PP-POS, n = 20) and a low psychosis-prone control group (CG, n = 52) were recruited based on a priori defined cut-offs for the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences. Participants provided daily diaries over one week, reporting negative symptoms, paranoia, positive and negative affect, and the frequency and efficacy of IER strategies to upregulate positive and downregulate negative emotions. Results Multilevel models showed that PP-NES reported using IER less frequently and found it less effective compared to CG. PP-POS reported turning to others for advice in distressing situations more than the CG. These group differences were related to aberrant affect levels in PP-NES. Across groups, participants used IER less on days on which they reported more negative symptoms and used it more on days on which they reported more paranoia. Conclusions These findings suggest symptom-specific aberrations in everyday IER in psychosis-prone young adults. Moreover, from day to day, young adults (psychosis-prone or not) appear to adjust their use of IER depending on current social motivation and distress levels. Future research should investigate whether these aberrations are dysfunctional regarding social inclusion and symptom trajectories.

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Young Adults With Low and High Psychosis Proneness: A Diary Study

Riehle,

Brauer,

Lincoln

et al. 2024

Cogn Ther Res

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Winter is coming: Deciphering the longitudinal associations between everyday emotion regulation and depressive symptoms across the seasons

Strakosch,

Schulze,

Miano

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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The dynamic interplay between emotion regulation and seasonal fluctuations in depressive symptoms remains poorly understood. Our study therefore investigated the prospective relationship between everyday emotion regulation and depressive symptoms across summer, autumn, early winter, and late winter. At each season, participants (N = 194) were asked to report their use of emotion regulation strategies (rumination, suppression, reappraisal, acceptance) using ecological momentary assessment, and to fill in online questionnaires. We observed an increase in depressive symptoms and rumination from summer to early winter, while acceptance decreased over the seasons. Participants with an overall higher use of acceptance demonstrated lower depressive symptoms. In contrast, participants showing a greater engagement in suppression, rumination, and reappraisal exhibited higher depressive symptoms, with the latter two strategies emerging as temporal precursors of symptom severity. These findings highlight the clinical importance of emotion regulation in explaining seasonal fluctuations in depressive symptoms.

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What empathizers do: Empathy and the selection of everyday interpersonal emotion regulation strategies

Geiger,

Pruessner,

Barnow

et al. 2025

Journal of Affective Disorders

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If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix it: Positive Versus Negative Emotion Regulation in Daily Life and Depressive Symptoms

Cited by 5 publications

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Young Adults With Low and High Psychosis Proneness: A Diary Study

Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Young Adults With Low and High Psychosis Proneness: A Diary Study

Winter is coming: Deciphering the longitudinal associations between everyday emotion regulation and depressive symptoms across the seasons

What empathizers do: Empathy and the selection of everyday interpersonal emotion regulation strategies

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