An ecological momentary assessment of positive and negative emotion regulation

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Heiy ◽  
Jennifer Cheavens
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

An ecological momentary assessment evaluation of emotion regulation abnormalities in schizophrenia

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (14) ◽  
pp. 2337-2345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Frost Visser ◽  
Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani ◽  
Hiroki Sayama ◽  
Gregory P. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Regulation Process ◽  
Limited Effectiveness ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

AbstractBackgroundPrior studies using self-report questionnaires and laboratory-based methods suggest that schizophrenia is characterized by abnormalities in emotion regulation (i.e. using strategies to increase or decrease the frequency, duration, or intensity of negative emotion). However, it is unclear whether these abnormalities reflect poor emotion regulation effort or adequate effort, but limited effectiveness. It is also unclear whether dysfunction results primarily from one of the three stages of the emotion regulation process: identification, selection, or implementation.MethodThe current study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to address these questions in the context of everyday activities. Participants included 28 outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia (SZ) and 28 demographically matched healthy controls (CN) who completed 6 days of EMA reports of in-the-moment emotional experience, emotion regulation strategy use, and context.ResultsResults indicated that SZ demonstrated adequate emotion regulation effort, but poor effectiveness. Abnormalities were observed at each of the three stages of the emotion regulation process. At the identification stage, SZ initiated emotion regulation efforts at a lower threshold of negative emotion intensity. At the selection stage, SZ selected more strategies than CN and strategies attempted were less contextually appropriate. At the implementation stage, moderate to high levels of effort were ineffective at decreasing negative emotion.ConclusionsFindings suggest that although SZ attempt to control their emotions using various strategies, often applying more effort than CN, these efforts are unsuccessful; emotion regulation abnormalities may result from difficulties at the identification, selection, and implementation stages.

scholarly journals O1.6. AFFECTIVE DETERMINANTS OF LIFE-SPACE THROUGH GPS AND ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: WHAT GETS PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOUSE?

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S3-S3
Author(s):  
Emma Parrish ◽  
Colin Depp ◽  
Raeanne C Moore ◽  
Philip D Harvey ◽  
Jason Holden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Temporal Association ◽  
Life Space ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background Previous research employing global positioning satellite (GPS) data and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has shown that greater aggregated time at home and less distance traveled (diminished life-space) were associated with poorer community functioning and with more severe negative symptoms in people with schizophrenia. Emotional experiences (e.g., pleasure or anxious avoidance) may reduce time spent outside of the home. We evaluated the associations between concurrent and time-lagged positive and negative affective experiences in relation to time at home and distance travelled in the community (life-space) among people with schizophrenia compared to healthy comparators (HCs). Methods Sixty HCs (mean age = 51.2, SD = 10.9) and 91 people with schizophrenia (mean age=52, SD=9), matched on demographic characteristics, completed in-lab assessments of symptoms, cognition, and functioning. They were then given a smartphone and completed EMA assessments 7 times daily for 7 days at stratified random intervals. EMA surveys included questions about daily life activities and affect. GPS coordinates were collected every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day, over the 7-day study period. Results Participants with schizophrenia spent more time at home than HCs (t = -4.95, p < 0.001). Sadness and ratings of relaxation were not associated with distance traveled away or time spent at home. For HCs, happiness was associated with more distance traveled away as measured by GPS (B=6.85, SE= 3.04, Wald Chi-Square = 5.067, p=0.024). However, for people with schizophrenia, only greater nervousness ratings were associated with more distance from home (B=3.41, SE=1.30, Wald Chi-Square=6.88, p=0.009). Moreover, for people with schizophrenia, greater nervousness ratings were associated with more time spent at home (B=2.07, SE= 0.98, Wald Chi-Square=4.43, p=0.035), and greater nervousness also predicted that a person with schizophrenia would be at home at the next survey in lead analyses, (F(1, 3029)=7.533, p=0.006). Taken together, these results suggest both greater nervousness associated with greater distance away from home and anxious avoidance of leaving the home. Discussion For individuals with schizophrenia, greater overall anxiety was associated with reduced time spent out of the home, and when patients did leave the home, greater distance travelled was associated with greater nervousness. In contrast, HC participants experienced greater positive emotion with larger life-space. These data suggest a significant momentary temporal association of anxiety and behavior in schizophrenia, such that greater nervousness predicted an individual would be more likely to stay at home. These findings suggest avoidance of negative emotion may also contribute to diminished motivated behavior, which may even act as an emotion regulation strategy. Life-space, which can be measured readily over time by mobile devices, may be a novel target for rehabilitative interventions for anxious avoidance in schizophrenia.

scholarly journals Emotions as Context: Do the Naturalistic Effects of Emotion Regulation Strategies Depend on the Regulated Emotion?

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 451-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Southward ◽  
Jane E. Heiy ◽  
Jennifer S. Cheavens
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Emotional Suppression ◽  
Specific Emotion ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Other Blame ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Introduction: Researchers have examined how several contexts impact the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies. However, few have considered the emotion-to-be-regulated as a context of interest. Specific emotions are important contexts because they may require particular responses to internal and external stimuli for optimal regulation. Method: Ninety-two undergraduates completed 10 days of ecological momentary assessment, reporting their current mood, recent emotions, and emotion regulation strategies three times per day. Results: The frequency with which certain emotion regulation strategies were used (i.e., acceptance, positive refocusing, reappraisal, problem-solving, and other-blame) differed by the specific emotion experienced. Acceptance and positive refocusing were associated with better mood regardless of emotion, while substance use was associated with worse mood regardless of emotion. Reappraisal was associated with better mood in response to anger than anxiety or sadness, while emotional suppression and other-blame were associated with worse mood in response to anger. Discussion: These results suggest some emotion regulation strategies exhibit emotion-invariant effects while others depend on the emotion-to-be-regulated.

Negative affect and emotion dysregulation among people who inject drugs: An ecological momentary assessment study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti ◽  
Geri Donenberg
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
People Who Inject Drugs ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
Opioid Intoxication ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to measure positive and negative affect among people who inject drugs (PWID), and examined associations with borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms and difficulties with emotion regulation, in the context of injection drug use. We recruited PWID, age 18-35, through syringe exchange program sites in Chicago, Illinois, USA. After completing a baseline interview including a screener for BPD and the Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), participants used a mobile phone app to report mood, substance use, and injection behavior for two weeks. Participants who completed at least two EMA assessments were included in the analysis (N = 161). The mean age was 30, about one-third were women, 63% were non-Hispanic white, and 23% were Hispanic. In multivariable mixed effects regression models, positive BPD screen was associated with greater momentary negative affect (NA) intensity, and greater instability of both NA and positive affect (PA). Independent of BPD screening status, DERS score was associated positively with momentary NA intensity and instability, and negatively with positive affect (PA) intensity. This finding suggests that emotion dysregulation is an appropriate target for assessment and intervention. While concurrent withdrawal was associated with both greater NA and less PA, opioid intoxication was associated only with greater PA. We did not find support for our hypothesis that emotion dysregulation would moderate the effect of withdrawal on NA. Findings support the validity of the EMA mood measure and the utility of studying mood and behavior among PWID using EMA on mobile phones.

scholarly journals Emotion Regulation Style and Daily Rumination: Potential Mediators between Affect and Both Depression and Anxiety during Adolescence

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6614
Author(s):  
Neus Zuzama ◽  
Aina Fiol-Veny ◽  
Josep Roman-Juan ◽  
Maria Balle
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Symptom Development ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Momentary Assessment ◽  
Significant Direct Effect

Adolescence is a vulnerable period for depressive and anxious symptom development, and emotion regulation (ER) may be one mechanism linking temperament—i.e., positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA)—with such symptomatology. Rumination is a common ER strategy that is traditionally assessed using self-reported questionnaires, but it would also be interesting to examine it with an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) approach. Sixty-five adolescents (Mage = 14.69; SDage = 0.82; range = 14–17 years old; 53.80% girls) completed self-report measures of temperament, ER style, depression and anxiety, and underwent an EMA to investigate rumination use. Results revealed that negative ER style and rumination use mediated the relationship between NA and depression, while only rumination use mediated the relationship between PA and depression. Moreover, NA contributed to increase anxiety, but negative ER style did not significantly mediate this relationship. Rumination use also had no effect on anxiety. This study provides further support for the relationship between temperament, ER, and internalizing problems. It seems that both a negative ER style and rumination use mediate the relationship between NA and depression whereas only NA had a significant direct effect on anxiety. Furthermore, PA buffered the effect of rumination use on depression in this study.

scholarly journals SU109. Trying but not Succeeding: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Evaluation of Emotion Regulation in Schizophrenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S200-S200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Visser ◽  
Farnaz Zamani Esfahlani ◽  
Hiroki Sayama ◽  
Gregory Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

scholarly journals Testing an emotion regulation model of physical activity in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: A pilot ecological momentary assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Kolar ◽  
Christina Neumayr ◽  
Melina Roth ◽  
Ulrich Voderholzer ◽  
Karin Perthes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Regulation Model ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment
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