Psychophysiological stress response after a 6-week Mindful Self-Compassion training in psychiatric rehabilitation inpatients: a randomized post-test only study by Andrea Andorfer, Andrea Andorfer, Sabina Kraler, Paul Kaufmann, Ewald Pollheimer, Christoph Spah, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Christian Rominger, Claudia Traunmüller, Andreas Schwerdtfeger, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer, Human-Friedrich Unterrainer

“…For this purpose, heart rate variability, heart rate, and blood pressure were assessed together with several psychometric variables: positive and negative affect (PANAS), subjective stress perception (Visual Analog Scale), self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale), cognitive reappraisal and suppression (Emotion Regulation Questionnaire), psychological distress (Brief Symptom Inventory-18), and appraisal and rumination (selected items).ResultsAfter correction for alpha inflation no differences in the psychophysiological stress response and psychometric parameters between the MSC and PMR group were found.DiscussionIn general, our results indicate that MSC is not superior to PMR training. …”
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Examining bidirectional associations between sleep and behavior among children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder by Craig A. Sidol, Stephen P. Becker, James L. Peugh, James D. Lynch, Heather A. Ciesielski, Allison K. Zoromski, Jeffery N. Epstein

“…Behavior was assessed using STP clinical data and daily parent and counselor ratings of ADHD symptoms, oppositional defiant disorder behaviors, and emotion regulation (e.g., difficulty regulating emotional disposition and controlling emotions). …”
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Common mental disorders in Gestalt therapy treatment: a multiple case study comparing patients with moderate and low integrated personality structures by Raphaela E. Kaisler, Raphaela E. Kaisler, Manfred Fede, Ulla Diltsch, Thomas Probst, Yvonne Schaffler

“…Underlying structural functions build the ability to regulate, differentiate, and integrate experiences, leading to self-, and emotion-regulation. Our study examined the self-development of seven clients with prevalent mental health issues and structural challenges, all of whom underwent 30 sessions of Gestalt therapy in a real-world individual therapy context.MethodsUsing a multiple case study approach, we contrasted two client groups: those with moderately integrated and those with low-integrated personality structures, as defined by the operationalised psychodynamic diagnostic manual. …”
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Evidence for an emotional adaptive function of dreams: a cross-cultural study by David R. Samson, Alice Clerget, Noor Abbas, Jeffrey Senese, Mallika S. Sarma, Sheina Lew-Levy, Ibrahim A. Mabulla, Audax Z. P. Mabulla, Valchy Miegakanda, Francesca Borghese, Pauline Henckaerts, Sophie Schwartz, Virginie Sterpenich, Lee T. Gettler, Adam Boyette, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Lampros Perogamvros

“…Here, we analyze dream content with cross-cultural comparisons between the BaYaka (Rep. of Congo) and Hadza (Tanzania) foraging groups and Global North populations, to test the hypothesis that dreams in forager groups serve a more effective emotion regulation function due to their strong social norms and high interpersonal support. …”
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Dissociation and emotional dysregulation in pathological personalities related to the fear of SARS-COV-2: a case report by R. Sousa, J. Brás, A. Costa, R. Vaz, J. Martins, D. Teixeira, A. Marques, J. Abreu, E. Almeida, N. Cunha

“…Conclusions Intense fear responses to COVID-19 are likely explained by poor emotion regulation capacities as well as dissociative mechanisms. …”
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Improving stress management, anxiety, and mental well-being in medical students through an online Mindfulness-Based Intervention: a randomized study by Teresa Fazia, Francesco Bubbico, Andrea Nova, Chiara Buizza, Herald Cela, Davide Iozzi, Beril Calgan, Federica Maggi, Valentina Floris, Irene Sutti, Salvatore Bruno, Alberto Ghilardi, Luisa Bernardinelli

“…Nine questionnaires for evaluating the effectiveness of our intervention on stress (PSS), state anxiety (STAIX-1), well-being (WEMWBS), mind-wandering (MW-S), overall distress (PANAS), emotion regulation (DERS), resilience (RS-14), and attentional control (ACS-C and ACS-D) were collected both pre and post intervention. …”
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Pinpointing change in virtual reality assisted treatment for violent offenders: a pilot study of Virtual Reality Aggression Prevention Training (VRAPT) by David Ivarsson, David Ivarsson, David Ivarsson, Carl Delfin, Carl Delfin, Pia Enebrink, Märta Wallinius, Märta Wallinius, Märta Wallinius

“…This pilot study followed 14 male violent offenders who participated in VRAPT in a Swedish prison context and measured changes from pre-treatment to post-treatment and 3-month follow-up in targeted aggression, emotion regulation, and anger. It also investigated potential impact factors (pro-criminal cognitions, externalizing behaviors, psychosocial background, and childhood adverse experiences). …”
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The Relationship between Psychological Distress during the Second Wave Lockdown of COVID-19 and Emotional Eating in Italian Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Emotional Dysregulat... by Anna Guerrini Usubini, Roberto Cattivelli, Giorgia Varallo, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Enrico Molinari, Emanuele Maria Giusti, Giada Pietrabissa, Tommaso Manari, Maria Filosa, Christian Franceschini, Alessandro Musetti

“…A total of 437 participants provided demographical data and were assessed using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and the Emotional Eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. …”
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Does treatment specific-, disorder specific- or general therapeutic competence predict symptom reduction in posttraumatic stress disorder? by Regina Steil, Judith Weiss, Meike Müller-Engelmann, Clara Dittmann, Kathlen Priebe, Nikolaus Kleindienst, Thomas Fydrich, Ulrich Stangier

“…Competence types were PTSD-specific competence, treatment specific competence, and general competence in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT).Method: Videotaped therapy sessions from N = 160 women with PTSD and emotion regulation difficulties after child abuse participating in a large randomised controlled trial (Bohus et al., 2020) were rated. …”
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The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refu... by Zsolt Horváth, Péter Sárosi, Letícia Boda, Eszter Farkas, Mónika Koós, Zsolt Demetrovics, Róbert Urbán

“…Background: Distressful and negative affective states can be associated with limited self-regulation capacities, while emotion regulation processes (e.g., rumination, negative urgency) might contribute to further depletion of self-control capacities which in turn can lead to diminished control over cannabis use. …”
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Metacognitive interpersonal therapy-eating disorders <i>versus</i> cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders for non-underweight adults with eating disorders: study protoco... by Gloria Fioravanti, Martina Nicolis, Angus MacBeth, Giancarlo Dimaggio, Raffaele Popolo

“…We will also assess emotional awareness, emotion regulation and therapeutic alliance. Based on previous studies of MIT for personality disorders we hypothesize that MIT-ED will be acceptable to patients, evidenced by high treatment adherence and retention. …”
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Mediation of the association between disadvantaged neighborhoods and cortical microstructure by body mass index by Lisa A. Kilpatrick, Keying Zhang, Tien S. Dong, Gilbert C. Gee, Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, May Wang, Jennifer S. Labus, Bruce D. Naliboff, Emeran A. Mayer, Arpana Gupta

“…Conclusions Obesogenic aspects of neighborhood disadvantage, including poor dietary quality, may disrupt information processing flexibility in regions involved in reward, emotion regulation, and cognition. These data further suggest ramifications of living in a disadvantaged neighborhood on brain health.…”
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Influence of major depressive disorder and culture on emotion processing among adults by Mohan, Sindhu

“…The participants were also required to complete five questionnaires, which were Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Self-Construal Scale (SCS), Individualism- Collectivism scale (IndCol), WHO Quality of Life scale (WHOQOL-BREF), and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). In Phase 2, 106 Malaysian Malay, Australian Caucasian and Iranian Persian participants without MDD were evaluated. …”
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Jenny Lisshammar - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) by Lisshammar, JEL

“…There was no significant difference in cognitive emotional regulation strategies employed, by age or self-harm behaviour.…”

Modified cue exposure for adolescents with binge eating behaviour: study protocol of a randomised pilot trial called EXI(ea)T by Jasmina Eskic, Florian Hammerle, Hanna Preuss-van Viersen, Inken Kirschbaum-Lesch, Sophie Lukes, Jana Pydd, Laura Derks, Tanja Legenbauer

“…To identify further valid outcome parameters, we will assess effects of CEEV compared with BA on global ED psychopathology, BE frequency within the last 28 days, body weight, response inhibition and emotion regulation abilities. Treatment groups will be compared using analysis of covariance with intervention as fixed factor and body mass index at baseline as covariate.Ethics and dissemination This clinical trial has been approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Medical Association of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr-University Bochum. …”
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Evaluating a Social-Emotional Training Program for Refugee Families and Service Providers: Pilot Study by Redab Al-Janaideh, Ruth Speidel, Tyler Colasante, Tina Malti

“…Furthermore, 2 markers of children’s social-emotional development (ie, emotion regulation and sadness over wrongdoing) improved after training. …”
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The effectiveness of mental health interventions involving non-specialists and digital technology in low-and middle-income countries – a systematic review by Kalpani Wijekoon Wijekoon Mudiyanselage, Karina Karolina De Santis, Frederike Jörg, Maham Saleem, Roy Stewart, Hajo Zeeb, Heide Busse

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Interference of difficulties in mindful acceptance and emotional intelligence, added to perseverative negative thinking, in emotional balance: A study with a low/high emotional sym... by Teresa Magalhães, Ricardo João Teixeira, Paulo Vitória, Célia Nunes, Ana Meireles, Mariana Vaz Marques, Frederica Carvalho, Tânia Brandão

“…Firstly, a negative association between mindfulness (specifically acceptance) and emotional intelligence (particularly the use of emotions and emotion regulation) with emotional symptoms among the patients. …”
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Anorexia nervosa in the times of COVID-19 pandemic is it different than before? by H. Y. Yılancıoğlu, S. H. Tokmak, B. Yuluğ Taş, D. Çek, B. Özbaran

“…Voluntary written informed consent, self-report form; using The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders Scale (SCARED), Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), The Quality of Life Scale (QOLS), The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), The Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ), Atilla Turgay DSM-4 Based Screening and Evaluation Scale for Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents (TURGAY) forms filled out online. …”
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Functional Movement Disorders during COVID-19: Psychological Distress, Affective Temperament and Emotional Dysregulation by Delfina Janiri, Martina Petracca, Lorenzo Moccia, Marcella Solito, Maria Rita Lo Monaco, Maria Luana Cerbarano, Carla Piano, Isabella Imbimbo, Marco Di Nicola, Alessio Simonetti, Gabriele Sani, Anna Rita Bentivoglio

“…Cyclothymic temperament showed an indirect effect on COVID-19-related psychological distress, mediated by deficits in emotion regulation mechanisms (Bootstrapped LLCI = 0.41, ULCI = 2.41). …”
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