Interpersonal Emotion Regulation: A Review of Social and Developmental Components

Barthel, Abigail L.; Hay, Aleena C.; Doan, Stacey N.; Hofmann, Stefan G.

doi:10.1017/bec.2018.19

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“…Experiences of stress within mother–child dyads mutually accelerate and reinforce one another (Patterson & McCubbin, 1983). Parents are social regulators of children's emotions (Barthel, Hay, Doan, & Hofmann, 2018). Thus parents’ and children's levels of self‐reported stress are linked (Compas, Howell, Phares, Williams, & Ledoux, 1989).…”

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Maternal expressive suppression moderates the relations between maternal and child hair cortisol

Doan

Venkatesh

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Developmental Psychobiology

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Stress is contagious, influencing multiple domains within a person, as well as other close individuals (Pearlin, Aneshensel, & LeBlanc, 1997), particularly within families (Guajardo, Snyder, & Petersen, 2009; Pearlin et al., 1997; Thoits, 2010). Experiences of stress within mother-child dyads mutually accelerate and reinforce one another (Patterson & McCubbin, 1983). Parents are social regulators of children's emotions (Barthel, Hay, Doan, & Hofmann, 2018). Thus parents' and children's levels of self-reported stress are linked (Compas, Howell, Phares, Williams, & Ledoux, 1989). In addition, mother-child saliva cortisol levels, the end product of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, (HPA), a primary stress response system, are also correlated (Stenius et al.,

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Maternal expressive suppression moderates the relations between maternal and child hair cortisol

Doan

Venkatesh

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“…Social relationships have long been considered contributors to health and well-being and protective against depression (e.g., Cohen, 2004;Santini, Koyanagi, Tyrovolas, Mason, & Haro, 2015), but the mechanisms through which social resources affect intrapersonal processes remain to be fully identified. Meanwhile, the rapidly accumulating literature on interpersonal emotion regulation makes clear that basic systems of regulation interact in complex ways with social resources (e.g., Barthel, Hay, Doan, & Hofmann, 2018;Zaki & Williams, 2013), but much remains to be understood about mechanisms and application to psychopathology. Because emotion dysregulation plays a key role in depression, understanding social contextual effects has the potential to address open questions about both basic regulation processes in their interpersonal contexts, and how social factors exert influence in depression.…”

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Emotion Regulation in Context: Social Connectedness Moderates Concurrent and Prospective Associations With Depressive Symptoms

Marroquín

Rutte

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Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

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Introduction: Emotion regulation in healthy functioning and in depression is typically examined as an intrapersonal phenomenon, but growing evidence suggests social factors affect individuals' strategy use and effectiveness. We examined whether the role of emotion regulation in depression—concurrently and over four weeks—depends on social connectedness, predicting that higher social connectedness would dilute effects of one's own strategy use regardless of specific strategy. Methods: Young adult participants (n = 187) completed measures of perceived social connectedness, depressive symptoms, two avoidant emotion regulation strategies (ruminative brooding and experiential avoidance), and two approach-oriented strategies (positive reappraisal and planning), and depressive symptoms again four weeks later (n = 166). Results: Cross-sectional associations of emotion regulation with symptoms were moderated by social connectedness: effects of both avoidant and approach strategies were weaker among more connected individuals. Prospectively, social connectedness moderated effects of approach strategies, but not avoidant strategies. Among more socially connected individuals, using approach strategies—which are typically adaptive—was associated with higher symptoms over time. Discussion: Results partially replicate previous research and support the role of social factors as important contexts of intraper-sonal emotion regulation and dysregulation in depression. Findings suggest that social resources can dilute intrapersonal effects regardless of strategy type—more in the shorter term than in the longer term—and can even lead seemingly adaptive strategies to backfire over time. Implications for research integrating emotion regulation, relationships, and depressive psychopathology are discussed.

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“…With regard to problems with emotional regulation being manifested as interpersonal problems in adolescence and adulthood, Barthel et al (148) have argued that emotion regulation is directly linked with one's ability to effectively navigate the social world. Engagement in emotion regulation often occurs interpersonally with trusted others helping to regulate one's emotions (148). One study included in our review, by Christ et al (32), identified two specific domains of interpersonal problems-cold/distant and domineering/controlling-as particularly important in explaining the emotional abuse-depression link.…”

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Psychological Mediators of the Association Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Depression: A Systematic Review

Luyten

Midgley

2020

Front. Psychiatry

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Background: A number of existing meta-analyses and narrative reviews have already addressed the relation between childhood adversity and depression, yet none of them has examined the specific link between emotional abuse and depression highlighted by previous research. It is no longer appropriate to regard childhood maltreatment as a unitary concept when considering its effects on subsequent depression; instead, subtypes of childhood maltreatment need to be scrutinized separately. This review addresses this significant gap by critically evaluating empirical studies examining psychological mediators of the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and subsequent depression.Methods: A systematic search of nine electronic databases was conducted to identify eligible studies published in English between January 1980 and January 2020. Given the heterogeneous outcomes of eligible studies and the inconsistent reporting of indirect effects, a narrative synthesis, rather than a quantitative meta-analysis, was conducted. An appraisal of methodological quality was also included.Results: We identified 34 papers, comprising 18,529 adults and 3,434 adolescents, including 888 clinical participants. Our synthesis suggests that studies on mediators in the emotional abuse–depression link have focused on five clusters of intervening variables: early maladaptive schemas, cognitive-personality variables, emotion dysregulation, interpersonal styles, and stressful negative events. Only 11 studies identified the unique contribution of emotional abuse to depression by controlling for other forms of childhood maltreatment.Conclusions: Our findings support several routes with relative consistency (e.g., early maladaptive schemas, hopelessness, negative cognitive styles, brooding rumination, overall emotion dysregulation). Because psychological mediators function as a complex interrelated system, controlling for the interrelation between them is important. The evidence for the purported mediating role of the factors identified in this review should be considered with caution given the relative dearth of large-scale, adequately powered longitudinal studies. This review proposes a comprehensive multilevel theoretical framework as a basis for future research.

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation: A Review of Social and Developmental Components

Cited by 85 publications

References 73 publications

Maternal expressive suppression moderates the relations between maternal and child hair cortisol

Maternal expressive suppression moderates the relations between maternal and child hair cortisol

Emotion Regulation in Context: Social Connectedness Moderates Concurrent and Prospective Associations With Depressive Symptoms

Psychological Mediators of the Association Between Childhood Emotional Abuse and Depression: A Systematic Review

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