Emotion Regulation Abilities Research Articles

Gamified Assessment of the Emotion-Regulation Abilities in Youths: Validation of the REThink Online Game-Based Assessment System.

Objective: Emotional problems in the youth population are a major issue that can have a significant negative impact for their future development as adults. Their emotion regulation (ER) abilities represent a preventive measure for those emotional problems. REThink is an online therapeutic game that was proved to be effective in rigorous studies, and is based on the rational emotive behavioral therapy, with seven levels built to train various emotional regulation skills. Each level has a section that can be used for the assessment of the targeted skills within the level. The present study aimed at investigating the reliability and validity of the evaluation modules from the REThink game regarding the assessment of ER abilities in children/adolescents. Methods: In accordance with established guidelines, 110 children and adolescents aged 8-14 years old were recruited. Following parental informed consent, the participants filled out the standard questionnaires and, subsequently, they played the evaluation module of the REThink game. The reliability aspect was investigated by evaluating internal consistency, while validity was evaluated by using concurrent and predictive validity analyses. Results: The results revealed statistically significant positive associations between the game scores obtained by the participants and the emotion regulation scale. In terms of predictive validity, there were significant negative associations between game scores and the presence of emotional and behavioral problems. Moreover, in terms of the reliability of the REThink game, an acceptable value for the internal consistency was observed. Conclusion: In conclusion, the REThink therapeutic game was proved to be a valid measure for assessing emotion regulation abilities in children and adolescents. Clinical Trial Registration No. NCT04788901.

Knowing is half the battle: Regulating and appraising emotions co-protect from suicidal ideation

College students, particularly those in healthcare fields, face an elevated risk of suicidal ideation and depression. Therefore, it is essential to explore how both actual and perceived emotional resources may play a role in suicide prevention within this age group. This study examined (1) whether actual self-focused emotion-regulation ability diminishes suicidal ideation through a decrease in depressive symptoms, and (2) whether perceived self-emotion appraisal moderates this relationship. In 312 healthcare students (209 women) actual self-focused emotion-regulation ability was negatively related to suicidal ideation through depressive symptoms. Furthermore, perceived self-emotion appraisal buffered the relationship between depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Findings suggest that perceived self-emotion appraisal may reinforce the adaptiveness of actual self-focused emotion-regulation ability as a protective factor for psychological maladjustment. The results indicate the collaborative ability to regulate one’s emotions coupled with the self-perception of emotion appraisal could effectively alleviate the potential progression of emotional difficulties among healthcare students.

Neural markers of emotion regulation difficulties in adolescent depression and risk for depression

Depressed individuals tend to use maladaptive emotion regulation strategies more frequently than non-depressed individuals while using adaptive strategies (e.g., reappraisal) less frequently. Objective neural markers of emotion regulation ability could aid in identifying youth at greatest risk for depression and functional impairment more broadly. We used electroencephalography to examine emotion regulation in adolescents (aged 14–17; N = 201) with current depression (n = 94) and without any history of depression (n = 107) at high (n = 54) and low (n = 53) risk for depression based on a maternal history of depression. Results revealed group differences in event-related potential markers of emotion regulation using multiple scoring approaches. Never-depressed adolescents had significant reductions in mean-activity and principal component analysis-identified late positive potential responses to dysphoric stimuli under reappraisal instructions compared to passive viewing. There was no significant difference in neural responses between conditions among depressed adolescents. The magnitude of the reappraisal effects appeared slightly stronger for low-risk adolescents relative to high-risk. Exploratory analyses further demonstrated that the association between neural markers of emotion regulation and overall functioning was moderated by age, such that impaired emotion regulation abilities predicted poorer functioning among older adolescents. Findings support the sensitivity of the late positive potential to emotion regulation impairments in depression and psychopathology more broadly.

Examining the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) on Enhancing Emotional Regulation Skills (ERS) and Psychological Well-being: A Critical Review.

The main aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive analysis of current scholarly works, assessing the efficacy of Mindfulness based therapies in improving emotional regulation skills and psychological well-being. An extensive review of pre-existing research and studies were undertaken to understand mindfulness and emotional regulation skills with an attempt to answer the influence and efficacy of mindfulness-based therapies on the development of emotional regulation abilities and psychological well-being. The findings obtained from this critical review have significant value in terms of influencing future research endeavours and facilitating the creation of focused therapies aimed at improving emotional regulation skills, psychological well-being and in mindfulness education.

Regulasi Emosi Pada Pasien Rumah Singgah Gajah Mada

Emotion regulation refers to an individual's ability to control their emotions. Everyone regulates their emotions to manage their life. In reality, a variety of factors can interfere with emotion regulation skills. The single most important factor that can influence the emotion regulation process is the level of self-control that each individual has. For this reason, patients need to have strong emotional regulation abilities. Emotion regulation Emotional balance is a person's ability to assess, cope with, manage and express emotions appropriately. In this research the method is to explain and discuss. The subjects or informants in this discussion are Shelter Home Patients. The results of this study show that halfway house patients have emotional regulation skills where each subject has the ability to control and regulate their emotions which appear at an appropriate level of intensity. Data collection using in-depth interview techniques and observation. Before the interview process, the researcher provided an overview of emotional regulation and the aims of the research. Participants in this study involved 7 patients at the Gajah Mada shelter in Surakarta City.

The effect of emotion regulation on empathic ability in Chinese nursing students: The parallel mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence

AimThis study aims to explore the influence of emotion regulation on empathic ability among undergraduate nursing students, as well as the mediating role of emotional intelligence and self-consistency congruence. DesignA cross-sectional study was employed to examine the relationship between the emotion regulation and empathic ability in Chinese nursing students. MethodsA total of 761 undergraduate nursing students were surveyed using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Chinese version), the Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Wang and Law's Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Self-Harmony Scale. ResultsThere was a significant positive correlation between emotion regulation, empathic ability and self-harmony. Significant positive correlations were also found between emotion regulation, empathic ability and emotional intelligence. Mediation analysis revealed that self-harmony and emotional intelligence partially mediated the predictive relationship between emotion regulation and empathic ability, with self-harmony showing a more significant mediating effect. ConclusionThe findings suggest that emotion regulation among undergraduate nursing students indirectly influences their empathic ability through parallel mediating effects of self-harmony and emotional intelligence.

The Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Understanding Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Suicide prevention represents a global imperative, and efforts to identify potential risk factors are intensifying. Among these, emotional regulation abilities represent a transdiagnostic component that may have an impactful influence on suicidal ideation and behavior. Therefore, the present systematic review aimed to investigate the association between emotion dysregulation and suicidal ideation and/or behavior in adult participants. The review followed PRISMA guidelines, and the research was performed through four major electronic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, PsycInfo, and Web of Science) for relevant titles/abstracts published from January 2013 to September 2023. The review included original studies published in peer-reviewed journals and in English that assessed the relationship between emotional regulation, as measured by the Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale (DERS), and suicidal ideation and/or behavior. In total, 44 studies were considered eligible, and the results mostly revealed significant positive associations between emotion dysregulation and suicidal ideation, while the findings on suicide attempts were more inconsistent. Furthermore, the findings also confirmed the role of emotion dysregulation as a mediator between suicide and other variables. Given these results, it is important to continue investigating these constructs and conduct accurate assessments to implement effective person-centered interventions.

The shape of the change: Cumulative and incremental changes in daily mood during mobile-app-supported mindfulness training.

Understanding of the exact trajectories of mood improvements during mindfulness practice helps to optimize mindfulness-based interventions. The Mindfulness-to-Meaning model expects mood improvements to be linear, incremental, and cumulative. Our findings align with this expectation. We used multilevel growth curve models to analyze daily changes in positive mood reported by 190 Polish participants during 42 days of a mobile-app-supported, mindfulness-based intervention. The daily positive mood increased among 83.68% of participants. Participants who started the training reported worse mood improved more and faster than participants with better mood at the baseline. Dispositional mindfulness and narcissism - individual difference variables associated with high vs. low emotion regulation ability, respectively - were not associated with mood improvement trajectories. A small group of participants (16.32%) showed a steady decline in positive mood during the intervention. The results underscore the importance of a more comprehensive understanding of individual variability in benefiting from mindfulness-based interventions.

Hubungan Regulasi Emosi dengan Gejala Depresi pada Remaja SMA yang Memiliki Orang Tua Bercerai

The aim of this study was to understand the relationship between adolescents' emotional regulation abilities and the level of depressive symptoms they experienced after their parents divorced. This research uses a non-probability sampling technique by drawing the number of samples using a purposive sampling technique with the criteria being teenagers in grades 10 to 12 of high school, aged between 15 and 18 years, residing in one of the regions of West Java. This research uses a correlational quantitative research strategy. The data collection method is carried out through offline questionnaires. . The results of analysis using Pearson correlation showed that there was a negative relationship between emotional regulation and depressive symptoms in adolescents after their parents' divorce (r = -0.634, p = .000 < 0.05). This shows that if emotional regulation is low then depressive symptoms will be high, and vice versa. The benefit of this research is that it provides a deeper understanding of the importance of emotional regulation in dealing with stress and difficult situations, especially for teenagers who experience their parents' divorce. .

The Impact of Touch Screen Tablet Caring Games on Empathic Concern and Compassion in Young Children

Tablet apps that simulate caring for virtual characters have gained considerable popularity among preschoolers. These games involve taking care of virtual pets, babies, or distressed characters on touch screens. Although there are claims that these games enhance empathy and prosocial behavior, there is little research on their impact. The two experiments here explored whether playing touch screen tablet games that involve caring for virtual characters had an influence on preschoolers’ compassion and how young children’s emerging theory-of-mind and developing emotional regulation abilities moderate the relationship between these caring games and compassion towards real others. In both experiments, 3 to 6-year-olds were randomly assigned to one of three game conditions (caring, violent, or neutral). Children’s empathic concern and prosocial behavior towards distressed characters were assessed on laboratory tasks and on vignettes after playing the game. Experiment 1 (N = 192) showed that playing a caring game led to higher levels of empathic concern and helping behavior towards a distressed experimenter than violent or neutral games. In Experiment 2 (N = 188), playing a caring game resulted in higher levels of empathy and prosocial behavior towards hypothetical same-aged peers in need, as compared to the violent or neutral game conditions. Compassion after playing the caring game increased the most in children who scored low on theory-of-mind, or who scored high on emotional regulation abilities. These results suggest that playing caring touch screen games lend weight to the assumption that they may promote empathic concern and compassionate behavior towards distressed others in early childhood.

How does parental rearing patterns of children in upper primary school impact social withdrawal? A mediating effect of emotional regulation.

The present study endeavors to elucidate the impact of emotional regulation and parental rearing patterns on the social development of children in the upper grades of primary school. A burgeoning body of literature suggests that these factors significantly influence children's social adaptation and emotional well-being, yet a comprehensive examination of these relationships is warranted. Employing a cross-sectional design, this investigation utilized the Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran (EMBU), Emotional Regulation Questionnaire for Children (ERQC), and Child Behavioural Issues Scale (CBCL) to assess a sample of 276 pupils across grades 4-6. The selection of these instruments allowed for a multifaceted evaluation of the constructs of interest. A pronounced disparity in parental rearing practices, emotional regulation capabilities, and levels of social withdrawal was observed among the different grades, with grade 5 exhibiting the most pronounced effects. Parental emotional warmth demonstrated a significant positive correlation with children's emotional regulation abilities, while punitive, rejecting, and preferential behaviors were inversely correlated. The study established that parental rearing practices indirectly influence social withdrawal through the mediating role of children's emotional regulation, underscoring the complexity of this relationship. The results underscore the salient role of parental rearing and emotional regulation in the social development of children. The study contributes to the existing literature by providing a nuanced understanding of the mechanisms through which parenting styles and emotional competencies interplay to affect social withdrawal. Implications for educational practices and future research directions are discussed.

Emotional Intelligence and Social Interaction – A Bibliometric Analysis

The focus of the present study is to evaluate and review the documents on Emotional Intelligence and Social Interaction published in the Scopus database. The keywords used to obtain the documents are “Emotional Intelligence” and “Social Interaction”. This study performs bibliometric analysis on 284 articles published between the years 2000-2023. It is evident from the findings that publications related to emotional intelligence and social interaction have been steady for the past few years and there is a need in the rise for research in this field as social interaction is the basis for any social outcome. The bibliometric analysis shows that the top cited article with 570 citations is ‘Emotion regulation abilities and the quality of social interaction’. The most influential authors are Green, Michael F. and Horan, William P. The top influential countries are the United States and the United Kingdom and the top sources are the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Individual Differences. The study provides implications for future researchers based on the literature review and bibliometric analysis carried out and highlights the need for in-depth research on emotional intelligence and “social interaction” from a sociological and socio-psychological perspective.

Chronic pain management in fibromyalgia: the INTEGRO (INTEGRated Psychotherapeutic InterventiOn) protocol and its application on two case studies.

To present an innovative integrated manualized psychotherapeutic intervention for fibromyalgia (FM) based on cognitive and behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and somatic experiential techniques (namely the INTEGRated Psychotherapeutic InterventiOn, INTEGRO) and illustrate its application on two case studies. INTEGRO is composed of 12 individual sessions. The main objectives of the intervention were psychoeducation of chronic pain mechanisms, understanding the role of cognitive and emotional variables in one's pain perception, teaching patient-tailored skills to increase pain awareness and its management, and learning how to live with pain experience. A 57-year-old woman (patient A) and a 26-year-old woman (patient B) with FM have been selected to describe their care pathways connected to the INTEGRO protocol. Data related to assessment variables and clinical processes have been reported, focusing on the mechanisms that contribute to the maintenance (i.e., avoidance or overcompensation) of chronic pain in FM, on the role of patients' naïf theories, and on the implications that all these aspects may have on the burden related to pain management. Both patients showed a reduction in FM burden and an increase in self-efficacy in pain management: patient A reported an improvement in emotional regulation ability; patient B showed a decrease in pain interference in work activities and on emotional dimension. Examining each phase of the clinical protocol through the lens of its clinical application, the paper provides insights into the relationship among crucial psychosocial mechanisms, pain perception, management in FM treatment, and how all these aspects have been dealt with during psychotherapeutic treatment.

Research on the Current Situation and Coping Strategies of Emotional Regulation Ability of Freshmen in Private Universities

Research on the Current Situation and Coping Strategies of Emotional Regulation Ability of Freshmen in Private Universities

어머니의 양육태도와 유아의 정서조절능력이 유아의 문제행동에 미치는 영향

Objectives In this study, we aimed to examine how maternal parenting attitudes and young children's emotion regulation abilities influence problem behaviors in young children.
 Methods For the study, 291 young children aged 3-5 years old and 291 mothers enrolled in a daycare center located in G city were surveyed from December 12, 2022 to January 8, 2023. A questionnaire survey was conducted on attitude, emotional regulation ability of young children, and problem behaviors of young children. For the collected data, Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to analyze the correlation between each variable using the SPSS 21.0 program, and multiple regression analysis was performed to analyze the effect relationship of the variables.
 Results The analysis results are as follows. Firstly, it was found that the mother's parenting attitude and the young children's emotional regulation ability were correlated with the young children's problem behavior. Secondly, in the relative explanatory power of independent variables that affect young children's intrinsic problem behaviors, negative emotional expression, affectionate, controlling, and rejecting influences in the order shown. In the relative explanatory power of independent variables that affect extrinsic problem behaviors of young children, affectionate, negative emotional expression, controlling, and positive emotional expression were found to have an effect in the order.
 Conclusions This study provides valuable information on the variables affecting young children's problem behaviors, such as maternal parenting attitudes and young children's emotion regulation abilities. It can serve as foundational data to enhance maternal parenting attitudes and young children's emotion regulation abilities, which, in turn, may help improve young children's problem behaviors.

Parental Lecturing: An Effort to Improve Parental Skills in Training Children's Emotional Regulation in Sungapan Wahyuharjo Lendah Kulonprogo

Abstract. Dusun Sungapan is one of the hamlets in Lendah district which has a population of productive age and has more than 50% of school-age children. The development of sophisticated technology causes school-age children to spend a lot of time playing smartphones. As a result of this situation, children have difficulty controlling themselves, easily tantrums and emotional. The purpose of this assistance is to improve parental skills in training children's emotional regulation abilities. The mentoring method used in mentoring is to train parents to be friends with their children through emotion regulation skills through parental lecturing. There are 22 parents involved in this program. The results obtained based on the Wilcoxon asymp sig (2-tailed) analysis are 0.000 with a Z score of -0.4122, meaning that there are differences in pretest and post test scores, so that parental lecturing is proven to be able to improve parental skills in training children's emotional regulation skills. Qualitative analysis shows that there has been a change in mindset (insight) based on parental reports regarding the importance of improving skills in training to regulate children's emotions

Crisis of Parental Conflict: Impact on Children and Families

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: This article explores the impact of parental conflict crises on children and families, focusing on the traumatic situations caused by recurrent disagreements. These crises generate unease, worry, and perplexity, compromising emotional regulation and social abilities. They can lead to behavioural problems and academic underachievement, as they compromise emotional regulation and social abilities. The article aims to understand the complexities of these situations and their potential consequences for children and families.
 THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHOD: The study investigates the impact of parental conflict on children’s emotional, psychological, and relational well-being. It employs a detailed assessment of reference material, self-reporting, and direct observation methodologies to understand the negative effects on children’s performance.
 THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: After discussing the impact of domestic conflicts on children’s self-esteem, the presentation moved on to cognitive and emotional dysregulation, the relationship between resilience, risk, and crisis, the need to develop persistence and the influence of cultural values in the development of such perseverance, gender concerns, and early intervention.
 RESEARCH RESULTS: Conflicting parents have a substantial impact on a child’s subjective well-being. Prolonged stress can lead to sleep disorders, reduced immune systems, and chronic health problems. Prolonged disagreements can impact relationships, boundaries, and emotional control well into adulthood.
 CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH: Parental disagreements require interventions at various levels, including counseling, therapy, mediation services, and a holistic approach. Counseling and therapy help children process feelings and strengthen coping skills, while mediation guides parents through separation or divorce processes, prioritizing their children’s best interests and maintaining stable family dynamics and good childhoods.

Parent-partner and parent-child attachment: Links to children's emotion regulation

We investigate the interconnections between couple and parenting relationships and young children's emotion regulation across time. Our goals were to: (1) examine whether mothers' and fathers' attachment security towards their romantic partners relates to mothers- and fathers-child attachment quality; (2) investigate the bidirectional relations between mother- and father-child attachment quality, and children's emotion regulation. We followed 206 children (95 girls, Mage = 4.01 years, SD = 0.57), their mothers, and fathers over 3-time points during the preschool period. Parents reported attachment security towards their romantic partner and the quality of their attachment relationships with the child. Teachers reported children's emotion regulation. Results from a dyadic cross-lagged panel model indicated a consistent negative association between mothers' and fathers' insecure attachment and parents-child attachment quality. Despite some variations according to children's sex and age, overall, findings suggest that a higher father- and mother-child attachment quality links to children's higher emotion regulation abilities.

Emotion Regulation Training as an Add-on in the Treatment of Obesity in Young Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Superiority Trial

In an inpatient treatment center for pediatric obesity, the effectiveness of an emotion regulation (ER) training on top of the multidisciplinary obesity treatment (MOT) was tested by means of an RCT. The ER training was evaluated on primary outcomes: ER and emotional eating, and secondary outcomes: well-being and weight loss, taking into account pre, post, and follow-up measurements.Of the 115 10- to-14-year old adolescents with obesity (52.2% girls), 65 were allocated to the ER training. Physicians measured their height and weight objectively (4 times). Participants also filled out questionnaires on ER competencies (ER abilities and ER strategies), emotional eating and well-being (3 times).Significant pre-post interactions were found for “emotional awareness,” “problem solving,” and “evoking a positive mood.” Moreover, the positive effects of the ER training on emotion regulation strategies were maintained at follow-up. Concerning well-being, no significant pre-post interaction effects were found but a significant interaction effect was found when comparing pre with follow-up. Analyses show a significant main effect of time on weight loss, but this was not qualified by a Time × Condition interaction effect.The current RCT study shows limited but promising effects of adding an ER training to the MOT. Further research should investigate whether the positive short-term effects will be maintained.

WISDOM-RELATED EMOTION REGULATION RESOURCES EXPLAIN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER ADULTS’ COVID-19-RELATED DISTRESS

Abstract As the pandemic wrought wide-reaching disruption across the world, younger adults appeared to be faring more poorly than other adults. We hypothesized that younger adults might possess fewer emotion regulation resources and skills, accounting for their relatively high levels of distress. In data gathered from a national sample of 1258 adults, we examined how baseline resources (in mid-April, during initial peak infections) predicted distress (depression, anxiety, PTSD symptoms) five weeks later, when states began initial re-openings. Younger adults (18-35 years; n = 317; mean age = 29.2 years) reported greater distress and less social support, mindfulness, and emotion regulation skills than did middle aged (36-60 years; n = 513; mean age =51.7 years) and older adults (61-88 years; n =428; mean age = 70.1 years). Controlling for stress exposure, younger adults’ distress was predicted by impulsivity and lack of perceived strategies while middle-aged and older adults’ (lower) distress was predicted by acceptance of negative emotions and emotion regulation abilities; perceived social support was related to lower distress for all groups but mindfulness was unrelated. Results suggest that emotion regulation resources and skills are a promising prevention and intervention focus.