scholarly journals Expectancies for Social Support and Negative Mood Regulation Mediate the Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Self-Injury

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Tresno ◽  
Jack Mearns
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Mood Regulation ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Negative Mood Regulation ◽  
The Relationship

Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation Among Youth in Grades 4 to 8

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-425
Author(s):  
Jeff Laurent ◽  
Aaron Roome ◽  
Salvatore J. Catanzaro ◽  
Jack Mearns ◽  
Colin Harbke
Keyword(s):  
Negative Mood ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Mood Regulation ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Negative Mood Regulation ◽  
Generalized Expectancies ◽  
The Relationship

Negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE) represent people’s beliefs that they can use behaviors and cognitions to alleviate unpleasant emotional states. The relationship between NMRE and measures of affect, coping, depression, and anxiety with youth in Grades 4 through 8 ( N = 539) was examined. In hierarchical regressions, scores on an NMRE scale predicted depression, but not anxiety, independent of positive affect, negative affect, adaptive coping, and avoidant coping. Results were consistent with those found with college students and adults, suggesting the NMRE construct can add to our understanding of how youth deal with negative moods. Assessing NMRE in youth may help identify those at risk for developing affective symptoms, and provide a useful index of progress in therapeutic interventions.

Alexithymia and Adult Attachment: Investigating the Mediating Role of Fear of Intimacy and Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies

2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110102
Author(s):  
Dawid Konrad Scigala ◽  
Matteo Angelo Fabris ◽  
Laura Badenes-Ribera ◽  
Elzbieta Zdankiewicz-Scigala ◽  
Iwona Hintertan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Mood Regulation ◽  
Fear Of Intimacy ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies ◽  
Negative Mood Regulation ◽  
The Relationship

Literature suggests an association between alexithymia and insecure adult attachment, but the mediation factors involved in this relationship are under-investigated. The study was carried out to test the possible mediation roles of the fear of intimacy and negative mood regulation expectancies in explaining this relationship. A convenience sample of 258 Polish adults (mean age: 30; 45% male), completed self-reporting measures related to adult attachment (RAAS), alexithymia (TAS-20), fear of intimacy (FIS) and negative mood regulation expectancies (NMRE). The results showed that alexithymia directly and indirectly predicts insecure adult attachment. Alexithymia positively predicts the fear of intimacy, which, in turn, positively predicts insecure adult attachment. Finally, alexithymia negatively predicts NMRE which, in turn, predict insecure adult attachment. It emerges from our data that the fear of intimacy and NMRE may be mediating factors in the relationship between alexithymia and adult attachment. Limitations, future directions of research and guidance for intervention are discussed.

Reliabilität und Validität der deutschsprachigen Version der Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation (NMR) Scale

Diagnostica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Backenstrass ◽  
Nils Pfeiffer ◽  
Thomas Schwarz ◽  
Salvatore J. Catanzaro ◽  
Jack Mearns
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Mood Regulation ◽  
Reliabilität Und Validität ◽  
Negative Mood Regulation ◽  
Generalized Expectancies

Zusammenfassung. Generalisierten Erwartungen über die Regulation negativer Stimmungen (im englischen Original: generalized expectancies for negative mood regulation; NMR) wird in Bezug auf die Affektregulation große Bedeutung beigemessen. Catanzaro und Mearns (1990) hatten zur Messung dieser Erwartungen einen Fragebogen mit 30 Items konstruiert (NMR Scale). An mehreren Stichproben konnten sie die psychometrische Güte der NMR Scale bestätigen. Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte mit einer Stichprobe von N = 474 Personen die Reliabilität und Validität der deutschen Form der NMR Scale. Die Gesamtskala wies ein Cronbachs Alpha von .84 und eine Retest-Reliabilität von .88 über ein Zeitintervall von 4 Wochen auf. Eine explorative Faktorenanalyse legte eine eindimensionale Struktur des Itempools nahe. Bedeutsame Zusammenhänge zum Geschlecht oder Alter der Probanden ergaben sich nicht. Die NMR Skala korrelierte signifikant mit Maßen des affektiven und insbesondere depressiven Befindens (PANAS und BDI), was im Einklang mit den theoretischen Annahmen stand. Weiterhin ergaben sich bedeutsame Zusammenhänge der NMR Skala mit locus-of-control Variablen (FKK) und den “Big Five“ (NEO-FFI). Die Ergebnisse replizierten somit die Resultate, die mit der Originalversion ermittelt worden waren, so dass auch bei der deutschen Adaptation der NMR Scale von einem reliablen und validen Instrument auszugehen ist.

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