Abstract
Background: The aim of the present study was to examine whether thought control strategies can determine emotion regulation abilities in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy. Methods: 35 Patients with frontal lobe epilepsy and 35 healthy individuals completed emotion regulation questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003) and rated their thoughts on thought control questionnaire (Wells & Davies, 1994). Results: Multivariate analysis showed that patients with frontal lobe epilepsy had lower scores on thought control strategies such as distraction, social control, reappraisal and emotion regulation as compared to healthy individuals. In contrast, patients had higher scores on worry and punishment. Pearson correlations revealed that distraction, social control, and reappraisal had significant positive correlation with emotion regulation abilities whereas worry and punishment had inverse correlation with emotion regulation. Linear regression showed that thought control strategies could predict emotion regulation abilities in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy.
Highlights
Frontal lobe epilepsyFrontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) is a neurological condition which involves frequent seizures that arise in frontal lobes [1]
Multivariate analysis was performed on scores of distraction, social control, worry, punishment, reappraisal and emotion regulation as independent factors and group as between subject factor
Pearson correlations were computed to examine the relationship between emotion regulation and thought control strategies
Summary
Frontal lobe epilepsyFrontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) is a neurological condition which involves frequent seizures that arise in frontal lobes [1]. Frontal lobes monitor a wide range of cognitive functions including memory, judgment, problem solving, social behavior and motor activity, people with FLE exhibit education, learning and cognitive function deficits [6]. The effects on cognitive function are enormous in FLE than any other form of epilepsy. Patients with epilepsy have deficits in executive planning, working memory, mental flexibility, visuo-spatial organization and anticipatory behavior. Patients with FLE show deficits in social cognition such as to appreciate humor, recognize expressions of emotions, and forecast consequences. The following section provides an overview of the critical role of certain regions of the frontal lobe in higher-order cognitive functions. The aim of the present study was to examine whether thought control strategies can determine emotion regulation abilities in patients with frontal lobe epilepsy
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