Delineating Components of Emotion and its Dysregulation in Anxiety and Mood Psychopathology

Mennin, Douglas S.; Holaway, Robert M.; Fresco, David M.; Moore, Michael; Heimberg, Richard G.

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“…Nonetheless, it appears that the decreased positive emotions, not central to GAD, are an important component of both social anxiety disorder and depression. Consistent with these findings, Mennin et al [2007] found that MDD and social anxiety, accounting for each other's variance as well as that of GAD, were both characterized by a poor understanding of emotions and negative beliefs about the consequence of emotions, including positive affect. Interestingly, when MDD and social anxiety were controlled, GAD showed no relationship to these emotion variables, suggesting that social anxiety and MDD may share a broader pattern of emotional characteristics involving regulatory responses to emotions in addition to levels of emotional experience (i.e., reduced positive affectivity).…”

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“…Intolerance of uncertainty [Dugas et al, 2004] and subjective emotional reactivity [i.e., affect intensity; Mennin et al, 2007] are two possible candidate symptoms. Preliminary findings suggest that the inclusion of one item inquiring about intensity of emotional responses increases distinctiveness of GAD in relation to MDD.…”

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Is generalized anxiety disorder an anxiety or mood disorder? Considering multiple factors as we ponder the fate of GAD

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) demonstrate a strong relationship to each other at both genotypic and phenotypic levels, and both demonstrate substantial loadings on a higher-order negative affectivity factor. On the basis of these findings, there have been a number of calls to reclassify GAD in the same category as MDD (the "distress disorders"). However, any consideration of the reclassification of GAD should also take into account a number of other factors not only related to GAD and MDD but also to the overlap of these disorders with other anxiety and mood disorders. First, GAD has established reliability and validity in its own right, and specific features (e.g., worry) may become obscured by attempts at reclassification. Second, examination of the nature of the overlap of GAD and MDD with each other and with other disorders suggests a more complex pattern of differences between these conditions than has been suggested (e.g., MDD has strong relationships with other anxiety disorders, and GAD may be more strongly related to fear than it may first appear). Third, although findings suggest that GAD and MDD may have overlapping heritable characteristics, other evidence suggests that the two disorders may be distinguished by both environmental factors and temporal presentations. Finally, although overlap between GAD and MDD is reflected in their relationships to negative affectivity, temporal relationships between these disorders may be demonstrated by functional changes in emotional responsivity.

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“…Ongoing work in our lab has shown that adults diagnosed with ASD report the largest level of impairment on the mindfulness facet of "nonreactivity to inner experience." Extant research in neurotypical samples shows that when people react aversively to thoughts and feelings, as opposed to gentle acceptance, they are much more likely to experience distress and anxiety (Mennin et al, 2007;Mennin, McLaughlin, & Flanagan, 2009). …”

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Modeling the cognitive mechanisms linking autism symptoms and anxiety in adults.

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Emotional acceptance, alexithymia, and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) contribute to anxiety disorders in neurotypical populations. Their association with anxiety in people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has not been studied. We aimed to model the contributions of these constructs on the relationship between dimensional measures of autism and anxiety.Participants were 151 adults recruited from two sites, including those diagnosed with ASD (n=76) and a matched comparison group (n=75). All participants completed a battery of questionnaires measuring core autism symptoms, anxiety, emotional acceptance, alexithymia, and intolerance of uncertainty. Structural equation modeling with mediation was used to examine directional relationships among these variables. Autism symptoms directly predicted less emotional acceptance and increased alexithymia and IU. Alexithymia and acceptance were shown to explain 64% of the effect between autism symptom severity and anxiety level. This suggests that people with ASD experience increased levels of anxiety because they are more likely to react aversively to their emotional experiences, while lacking the ability to identify and understand their emotions. Developing and implementing mindfulness-based interventions aimed at assuaging alexithymia and IU, while increasing emotional acceptance, may be especially helpful in treating anxiety in ASD.

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“…Este aspecto se considera relevante toda vez que las dificultades en la regulación emocional (en adelante DRE) se encuentran presentes en una serie de problemas de salud mental, como la violencia (e.g., Lafontaine & Lussier, 2005), el trastorno de personalidad limítrofe (Glenn & Klonsky, 2009) y los trastornos de ansiedad (e.g., Esbjørn, Bender, Reinholdt-Dunne, Munck & Ollendick, 2012;Mennin, Holaway, Fresco, Moore & Heimberg, 2007), por mencionar algunos.…”

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Esta investigación ha sido financiada a la primera autora por el Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico del Gobierno de Chile (FONDECYT N° 11100141).La correspondencia relativa a este artículo debe ser dirigida a Mónica Guzmán, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile. E-mail: moguzman@ucn.cl Estilos de Apego y Dificultades de Regulación Emocional en Estudiantes Universitarios Attachment Styles and Emotional Regulation Difficulties Among University StudentsMónica Guzmán-González, Natalia Carrasco, Paulina Figueroa, Caterina Trabucco y Daniela Vilca Universidad Católica del NorteEl objetivo del estudio fue evaluar la relación entre los estilos de apego y las dificultades en la regulación emocional (DRE) en una muestra intencionada de 548 estudiantes universitarios de 4 universidades de Antofagasta, Chile. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron el cuestionario de Experiencias en Relaciones Cercanas (ECR-E) y la Escala de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (DERS-E). Mediante un análisis multivariado de la varianza y contrastes post hoc se desprende que existen diferencias en las DRE en función de los estilos de apego. Específicamente, quienes poseen estilos de apego seguro presentaron niveles más bajos de confusión emocional que quienes poseen estilos inseguros; asimismo, evidenciaron menores niveles de descontrol, rechazo emocional e interferencia cotidiana que quienes poseen patrones preocupados y temerosos; sin embargo, no difirieron en estas dificultades de quienes poseen apego desentendido. Además, los mayores niveles de desatención y confusión emocional se detectaron en los individuos con apego desentendido y temeroso. Finalmente, quienes poseen estilos de apego preocupado y temeroso evidenciaron mayor rechazo emocional e interferencia cotidiana. Se discuten las implicancias de explicar las DRE desde el marco de la teoría del apego. Palabras clave: estilos de apego, regulación emocional, estudiantes universitarios, ChileThe aim of this study was to evaluate the association between attachment styles and emotion regulation difficulties in a purposive sample of 548 undergraduate students attending 4 universities in Antofagasta, Chile. The instruments used were the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR-E) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-E). The results of multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc contrasts reveal statistically significant differences in emotion regulation difficulties according to attachment styles. Specifically, subjects with secure attachment styles had lower levels of confusion than those with insecure styles; moreover, they manifested lower levels of lack of control, emotional rejection, and daily interference than individuals with preoccupied and fearful styles; however, they did not differ from those with dismissive styles. In addition, the highest levels of lack of emotional awareness and emotional confusion were detected among individuals with dismissive and fearful attachment styles. ...

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Delineating Components of Emotion and its Dysregulation in Anxiety and Mood Psychopathology

Cited by 389 publications

References 54 publications

Is generalized anxiety disorder an anxiety or mood disorder? Considering multiple factors as we ponder the fate of GAD

Is generalized anxiety disorder an anxiety or mood disorder? Considering multiple factors as we ponder the fate of GAD

Modeling the cognitive mechanisms linking autism symptoms and anxiety in adults.

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