Emotion Regulation, Executive Functioning, Coping Resources, and Symptoms After a Traumatic Event

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca C. Blood ◽  
Gregory L. Brack ◽  
Catherine J. Brack
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Coping Resources

scholarly journals Real-Time Psychophysiological and Writing Correlates of Expressive Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-245
Author(s):  
Teresa Jacques ◽  
Rui A. Alves ◽  
Setareh Fadaei ◽  
Fernando Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychophysiological Data

Abstract. Concealing memories and emotions associated with a traumatic event seems to have negative effects on health. Re-enacting those events through writing is an opportunity to disclose such memories and emotions, and especially for emotion regulation. To study this, 57 university students were randomly assigned to one of two groups. They either completed an expressive writing or a neutral writing task. Real-time writing and psychophysiological data were recorded throughout the experiment to examine writing dynamics associated with emotion regulation and its psychophysiological correlates (electrodermal activity and electrocardiography measures). The results showed that the expressive group (EG) paused for longer than the control group (CG) denoting a positive and medium effect size [Formula: see text]. Furthermore, during and after writing, the EG showed a higher low frequency/high frequency ratio than the CG, evidencing a positive and large effect size [Formula: see text]. These real-time findings are interpreted as signs of emotion regulation happening during writing.

scholarly journals The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primary Emotional Systems and Emotional Regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5742
Author(s):  
Rachele Mariani ◽  
Alessia Renzi ◽  
Cinzia Di Monte ◽  
Elena Petrovska ◽  
Michela Di Trani
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Affective Neuroscience ◽  
Global Severity Index ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Emotional Systems

(1) Background: The COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a unique challenge as a severe global crisis affecting physical and psychological health. The main purpose of this work is to study the impact of a traumatic event while also observing the human ability to adapt. One of the first theories to study the adaptive importance of the evolutionary lineage of the affective systems is referred to as BrainMind (Panksepp, 2010). This study aims to explore whether primary emotional systems (PES) and emotion regulation (ER) strategies show differences between the pre- and post- lockdown period; and if positive systems and specific emotion regulation pre-pandemic act as a protective or risk factor for mental and physical wellbeing. (2) Methods: 98 participants who had participated in a previous study before the pandemic were re-contacted to refill the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale (ANPS) and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) after the outbreak of the pandemic with the addition of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90R). (3) Results: The results showed that the COVID-19 lockdown rules had an impact on Emotional Regulation and on a re-balancing of PES. Moreover, pre-pandemic expressive–suppressive ERQ strategies and ANPS SADNESS scores appeared as relevant risk factors, which predicted higher Global Severity Index (GSI) scores during lockdown. (4) Conclusions: The lockdown appears to have activated PLAY and CARE as protective systems, but has detuned the ability to positively reinterpret the situation.

scholarly journals Adverse Childhood Experiences and Building Resilience With the JoyPop App: Evaluation Study

10.2196/25087 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e25087
Author(s):  
Angela MacIsaac ◽  
Aislin R Mushquash ◽  
Shakira Mohammed ◽  
Elizabeth Grassia ◽  
Savanah Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Resilience Intervention

Background The effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on mental health, self-regulatory capacities, and overall resilience are well-known. Given such effects, ACEs may play a role in how individuals adjust to challenges later in life. Of interest in this study is the transition to university, a time of heightened stress when adapting to circumstances is required and when those with ACEs may need additional in-the-moment support to exercise resilience. A smartphone app may provide a worthwhile and readily accessible medium for a resilience intervention, provided behavioral outcomes are adequately evaluated. Objective This study evaluates the impact of an innovative, smartphone app–based resilience intervention. The JoyPop app was designed to promote resilience through the use of self-regulatory skills such as emotion regulation and executive functioning. Among a sample of first-year undergraduate students, we explored whether use of the app would be associated with positive changes in resilience and related outcomes, and whether these benefits were influenced by level of childhood adversity. Methods Participants (N=156) were requested to use the JoyPop app for 4 weeks, at least twice daily. Changes in resilience, emotion regulation, executive functioning, and depression were assessed after 2 and 4 weeks of app usage using multilevel modeling. Results The sample of 156 participants included 123 females and 33 males, with a mean age of 19.02 years (SD 2.90). On average participants used the app on 20.43 of the possible 28 days (SD 7.14). App usage was associated with improvements in emotion regulation (χ21=44.46; P<.001), such that it improved by 0.25 points on the 18-point scale for each additional day of app usage, and symptoms of depression (χ21=25.12; P<.001), such that depression symptoms were reduced by .08 points on the 9-point scale with each additional day of app usage. An interaction between ACEs and days of app usage existed for emotion regulation, such that participants with more adversity evidenced a faster rate of change in emotion regulation (P=.02). Conclusions Results highlight that daily incorporation of an app-based resilience intervention can help youth who have experienced adversity to improve emotion regulation skills and experience reductions in depression. The JoyPop app represents an important step forward in the integration of resilience intervention research with a technology-based medium that provides in-the-moment support.

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