scholarly journals Examining the Structure of Negative Affect Regulation and Its Association With Hedonic and Psychological Wellbeing

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Puente-Martínez ◽  
Darío Páez ◽  
Silvia Ubillos-Landa ◽  
Silvia Da Costa-Dutra
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Negative Affect Regulation

Neural Consequences of Infant Attachment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Sheridan ◽  
Kim A. Bard
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Neural Substrates ◽  
Neural Systems ◽  
Infant Attachment ◽  
Attachment Relationships ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Negative Affect Regulation ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Insight Into

Typical studies of the impact of the quality and presence of attachment relationships on child development have focused on the child’s safe-base behavior. In terms of neurobiology, this has primarily led to investigations of the child’s control over negative affect. In nonhuman primates, early investigations into the neurobiological consequences of attachment used models where attachment relationships were absent or severely curtailed. Institutionalization of infants, a common practice, mirrors these early primate studies since attachment relationships are limited or absent. These investigations are based on models of disruptions in attachment and used here to illustrate the impact of attachment relationships on two neural systems not typically considered: the neural substrates of reward learning and the neural substrates supporting complex cognitive function such as executive function. While attachment is central to the development of negative affect regulation, it is argued that the context in which the brain develops can also serve as an additional focus of early attachment relationships. This offers insight into the multiple functions served by attachment, and thus the role it plays in the development of other neural systems.

scholarly journals The relationship between wellbeing indicators and teacher psychological stress in Eastern Cape public schools in South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malik L.M. Vazi ◽  
Robert A.C. Ruiter ◽  
Bart Van den Borne ◽  
Glynnis Martin ◽  
Kitty Dumont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Teacher Stress ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Stress Variance

Orientation: Positive psychological and subjective wellbeing indicators have proven to be protective against certain physical illnesses but have been rarely assessed in teacher stress.Research purpose: The main objective of this study was to assess the relationship between indicators of wellbeing and stress and to further assess the relative importance of these wellbeing indicators in explaining stress variance in a large sample of Eastern Cape primary and high school teachers in South Africa.Motivation for the study: The majority of teacher stress studies focus on the misfit between the individual’s resources and the environmental demands. There is a scarcity of studies reporting on protective factors in teaching and we know little about their possible role as possible protective factors against stress. This is important in developing stress prevention strategies.Research design, approach and method: A cross-sectional survey was used targeting public school teachers in the Eastern Cape. The sample size was 562 randomly selected teachers from both public primary and high schools.Main findings: The results revealed that stress is prevalent amongst teachers. Subjective and psychological wellbeing factors added significantly to the explained stress variance. Also, both negative affect and role problems had significant positive correlations with stress, whilst psychological wellbeing had a strong inverse relationship with stress.Practical/managerial implications: The results implied that interventions focusing on improving psychological wellbeing and reduction of negative affect can contribute to stress prevention.Contribution/value-add: The results contributed towards a better understanding of the relative importance of wellbeing constructs as protective factors against teacher stress.

Affect regulation in depressed and nondepressed children and young adolescents

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Garber ◽  
Nancy Braafladt ◽  
Bahr Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Game Situation ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Children And Young Adolescents

AbstractThe present study examined children's reported frequency and efficacy of strategies for regulating their negative affect in response to a description of a particular affiliative (fight with a friend) or achievement (loss at a game) situation. The 275 children were in kindergarten through eighth grade; they completed the Children's Depression Inventory and either the “Fight” or “Game” version of the Child Affect Questionnaire (CAQ-F or CAQ-G). Children who endorsed higher levels of depressive symptoms generally reported using affect regulation strategies significantly less often than did nondepressed children, and they rated these responses as significantly less effective in altering their negative mood. Depressed girls rated mother-initiated affect regulation strategies as less effective than did nondepressed girls. Younger children rated both self- and mother-initiated strategies as more effective than did older children. Several directions for future research are suggested.

scholarly journals Affect regulation training (ART) for alcohol use disorders: Development of a novel intervention for negative affect drinkers

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Stasiewicz ◽  
Clara M. Bradizza ◽  
Robert C. Schlauch ◽  
Scott F. Coffey ◽  
Suzy B. Gulliver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders

scholarly journals Feeling bad when your partner is away: The role of dysfunctional cognition and affect regulation strategies in insecurely attached individuals

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Meuwly ◽  
Joanne Davila
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Potential Relationship ◽  
Relationship Threat ◽  
Close Relationship

Close relationships have a positive impact on partners’ well-being. However, not every individual seems to benefit to the same extent from being in a close relationship. Insecure attachment is suggested to play a role in this. This study examined the role of attachment insecurity in people’s negative cognitions and dysfunctional affect regulation when faced with a potential relationship threat. Based on the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations Paradigm, cognitions of 155 participants were recorded while they imagined a separation from their romantic partner. Highly anxious individuals were found to think more negatively about their romantic relationship while imagining a potential relationship threat, which in turn increased their negative affect and negative ratings of the self and their relationship. A different pattern was found for avoidance; highly avoidant individuals benefited from negating the potential threat which in turn decreased their negative affect. Insecurely attached individuals, especially highly anxious people, should be helped to engage in more adaptive thinking and affect regulation in relationship-threatening situations to improve both their relational and individual well-being.

scholarly journals Wolsink et al., Do you feel like being proactive today?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Wolsink ◽  
Deanne Den Hartog ◽  
Frank Belschak ◽  
Suzanne Oosterwijk
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Current Theory ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Team Interaction ◽  
Core Affect ◽  
Interaction Task ◽  
Affective Experiences ◽  
Affective Consequences

Proactive people take initiative when others do not and persist in improving their environment or themselves. Although scholars assume that how we feel influences how proactive we are, there is no experimental research yet to support this. This experiment therefore tests whether positive and negative affect influence proactive behavior and additionally investigates whether engaging in proactivity also has affective consequences. While current theory proposes that positive affect enhances proactivity by stimulating broad-flexible thinking, we argue that negative affect should make people proactive through stimulating systematic-persistent thinking. Furthermore, we propose that proactivity increases subsequent positive affect rather than positive affect increasing proactivity. Last, we hypothesize that affective causes and consequences of proactivity are different for people who are rarely proactive (trait-passive-reactive individuals) and people who are often proactive (trait-proactive individuals). We pre-tested 180 participants on trait-proactivity. In the lab, we manipulated affect (negative/positive/neutral), measured proactive behavior in a team interaction task, and repeatedly measured participants’ affective experiences and physiological activation. Results showed that the link between affect and proactive behavior differed depending on participants’ trait-proactivity. First, positive affect made trait-proactive individuals less proactive, whereas negative affect made passive-reactive individuals more proactive. Second, passive-reactive individuals reported decreased negative affect after engaging in proactivity, whereas proactive individuals reported increased positive affect. These results suggest that proactive behavior can serve an affect regulation purpose, which is different for trait proactive individuals (up regulating positive affect) than for trait passive-reactive individuals (down regulating negative affect). These results are limited to core affect (feeling pleasant or unpleasant) and do not apply to specific emotions (feeling proud or anxious), and they are limited to short term and successful proactive behavior and do not apply to more long term, or unsuccessful proactive behavior.

scholarly journals Affect Dysregulation in Context: Implications and Future Directions of Experience Sampling Research on Affect Regulation Models of Loss of Control Eating

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan E. Mikhail
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Loss Of Control Eating ◽  
Sampling Studies ◽  
Regulation Model

Loss of control eating is a core, transdiagnostic eating disorder symptom associated with psychological distress, functional impairment, and reduced quality of life. However, the factors that contribute to persistent loss of control eating despite negative consequences are not fully understood. Understanding the mechanisms that maintain loss of control eating is crucial to advance treatments that interrupt these processes. Affect regulation models of loss of control eating hypothesize that negative emotions trigger loss of control eating, and that loss of control eating is negatively reinforced because it temporarily decreases negative affect. Several variations on this basic affect regulation model have been proposed, including theories suggesting that negative affect decreases during loss of control eating rather than afterwards (escape theory), and that loss of control eating replaces one negative emotion with another that is less aversive (trade-off theory). Experience sampling designs that measure negative affect and eating behavior multiple times per day are optimally suited to examining the nuanced predictions of these affect regulation models in people's everyday lives. This paper critically reviews experience sampling studies examining associations between negative affect and loss of control eating, and discusses the implications for different affect regulation models of loss of control eating. The review concludes by proposing an expanded affect-focused model of loss of control eating that incorporates trait-level individual differences and momentary biological and environmental variables to guide future research. Clinical implications and recommendations are discussed.

Music as a Regulator of Emotion: Three Case Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Diana Christine Hereld
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
General Anxiety Disorder ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Destructive Behavior ◽  
Listening Strategies

This study explores music in the reduction of negative affect and emotion. Focusing on musical behavior in emotion regulation as it relates to trauma, this study investigates three questions: How do conscientious music listening practices impact the regulation of affect and self-harming impulses in individuals who experience trauma, mental illness, or self-destructive behavior? What aspects of musical intensity help alleviate anger, pain, sadness, despair, hopelessness, or suicidal ideation? How do participants use varied listening strategies to regulate and modulate negative affect and emotions?Three case studies of two American females and one male aged 18-26 with history of a diagnosis of general anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder, prior self-harm or suicidality, complex trauma, and PTSD are presented using a combined ethnographic approach, including survey administration, interviews, and phenomenological exploration. Through the review and thematic analysis of behavior in response to musical interaction both during and following traumatic life events, this study shows music is a successful tool for modulating overwhelming negative emotion, fostering hope and resilience, and circumventing self-destructive impulses. These results reveal potential for future research investigating the role of musical affect-regulation in both trauma recovery and reducing self-destructive behavior.

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