scholarly journals Pain Sensitivity, Negative Affect, and Alcohol Use Disorder Status: A Moderated Mediation Study of Emotion Dysregulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1321
Author(s):  
Maciej Kopera ◽  
Elisa M. Trucco ◽  
Hubert Suszek ◽  
Paweł Kobyliński ◽  
Paweł Wiśniewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Pain Sensitivity ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Healthy Controls

Previous work suggests that the association between pain and emotional processes among individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) may differ from healthy controls. This study investigates whether pain sensitivity mediates the association between negative affect and emotional dysregulation and whether this association differs across AUD status using moderated mediation. The sample included 165 individuals diagnosed with AUD and 110 healthy controls. Of interest was pain sensitivity, as assessed with the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire, negative affect, as assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory, and emotional dysregulation, as assessed with the Difficulties in Emotional regulation Scale. Age, biological sex, and current pain severity were included as covariates. The results support a moderated partial mediation model that explained 44% of the variance in emotional dysregulation. The findings indicate that negative affect is related to higher pain sensitivity across groups. Moreover, pain sensitivity partially mediated the association between negative affect and emotional dysregulation, but in opposite directions depending on AUD status. Among healthy controls, greater pain sensitivity was related to better emotional regulation, while greater pain sensitivity led to greater emotional dysregulation among individuals with AUD. The potential parallels in the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of emotionality, pain, and AUD suggest that interventions targeting pain may improve adaptive affect regulation skills, which in turn could reduce negative affect and its effect on pain sensitivity among individuals with AUD.

Physical fitness and physical activity levels in people with alcohol use disorder versus matched healthy controls: A pilot study

Alcohol ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 73-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davy Vancampfort ◽  
Hannelore Vandael ◽  
Mats Hallgren ◽  
Michel Probst ◽  
Noemi Hagemann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Physical Activity Levels

scholarly journals Emotion Dysregulation and Body Dissatisfaction in Female Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-147
Author(s):  
N.A. Kiriukhina ◽  
N.A. Polskaya
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Expressive Suppression ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Russian Version ◽  
High Level

The study investigated the relations between body dissatisfaction and emotional dysregulation. This is the first research focusing on the mediating effect of emotional dysregulation on the relationship between negative affect and body dissatisfaction in a Russian female population. It is particularly relevant given that both emotional dysregulation and body dissatisfaction may lead to the emergence of psychopathological symptoms (e.g., depression, self-injurious behavior, and eating disorders). 778 girls and women aged 14–40 years (M=19,8; SE=3,31) participated in the study. The following measures were used: Body Image Questionnaire (Skugarevsky, 2006), Emotional Dysregulation Questionnaire (Polskaya, Razvaliaeva, 2017), Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross, John, 2003; Russian version by Pankratova, Kornienko, 2017) and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1988; Russian version by Osin, 2012). High level of body dissatisfaction was significantly associated with high scores of rumination, avoidance and difficulties in mentalizing from the Emotional Dysregulation Questionnaire, high level of negative affect and low level of positive affect. Respondents with high body dissatisfaction also preferred expressive suppression to cognitive reappraisal for emotion regulation. Regression analysis showed that negative affect (b=0,20; p<0,001) and emotion dysregulation scales — rumination (b=0,66; p<0,001), avoidance (b=0,69; p<0,001) and difficulties in mentalizing (b=0,33; p<0,001) — significantly predicted body dissatisfaction (F(4, 773)=130,8, p<0,001; R2=0,405; R2adj=0,402). Emotion dysregulation scales mediated the effect of negative affect on body dissatisfaction.

scholarly journals Childhood trauma, alexithymia, and mental states recognition among individuals with alcohol use disorder and healthy controls

2020 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 108301
Author(s):  
Maciej Kopera ◽  
Justyna Zaorska ◽  
Elisa M. Trucco ◽  
Hubert Suszek ◽  
Paweł Kobyliński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Healthy Controls

scholarly journals Stroop-related cerebellar and temporal activation is correlated with negative affect and alcohol use disorder severity

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 586-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire E. Wilcox ◽  
Joshua Clifford ◽  
Josef Ling ◽  
Andrew R. Mayer ◽  
Rose Bigelow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder

scholarly journals The synergistic effect between interoceptive accuracy and alcohol use disorder status on pain sensitivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 106607
Author(s):  
Andrzej Jakubczyk ◽  
Paweł Wiśniewski ◽  
Elisa M. Trucco ◽  
Paweł Kobyliński ◽  
Justyna Zaorska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Pain Sensitivity ◽  
Interoceptive Accuracy

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

Is cloninger type 1 and type 2 alcoholism differ in terms of emotion regulation?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s863-s864
Author(s):  
D. Gulec Oyekcin ◽  
A. Gurgen
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Significant Difference

IntroductionEmotional disturbances are a central characteristic of many mental disorders, including alcohol addiction.ObjectivesIn this study we aimed to investigate the emotion disregulation among alcohol use disorders and to compare the emotion regulation difficulties with type 1 and type 2 alcoholism.MethodsThirty-three treatment-seeking AUD individuals were recruited from addiction division of psychiatry department of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Patients who agreed to participate in the study and completed detoxification treatment were enrolled to the study. After describing the study and obtaining informed consent, participants were assessed with demographic questionnaires (including questions such as age, gender, income status, duration of alcohol use, amount of alcohol use, duration of abstinence were given to participants) followed by the semi-structured interview. Emotion regulation was assessed with the difficulties in emotion regulation scale.ResultOf the patients, 93.9% were male. The average age of participants was 41.21 ± 12.8 years. Of the participants, 60.6% were type 1 and 39.4% of type 2. There was statistically significant difference between type 1 and type 2 alcoholism in terms of emotion regulation. Type 2 alcoholism has more emotional regulation difficulties than type 1 alcoholism. This finding may be consistent with earlier onset of having more impulsive drinking pattern in type 2.ConclusionsIn conclusion alcohol use disorders are thought to be associated with emotion dysregulation. Emotion regulation difficulties, was higher in type 2 than type 1. Emotional regulation strategies should be considered in the interventions and may be evaluated as a new prognostic criteria.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals A-081 Cognitive Reserve Factors Influence Neuropsychological Performance in Alcohol Use Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 873-873
Author(s):  
Mcnally S ◽  
Syan S ◽  
Hargreaves T ◽  
Sarles Whittlesley H ◽  
McIntyre-Wood C ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Reserve ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Neuropsychological Performance ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Card Sort

Abstract Objective Cognitive reserve (CR) refers to the brain’s capacity to cope with pathology and preserve functioning. We investigated cognitive performance between individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and healthy controls to examine whether CR, operationalized as education and psychosocial functioning, influences neuropsychological functioning. Method We recruited 45 AUD (DSM-V criteria) who reported drinking levels exceeding NIAAA guidelines (>14/7 drinks/week for men/women) and 30 healthy controls who did not. MANCOVAs controlling for CR were used to investigate between-group differences in neuropsychological performance, as measured by the NIH Toolbox. A series of linear regression analyses were also performed to evaluate effects of AUD and CR on neuropsychological performance. Psychosocial functioning, education, and AUD status were simultaneously entered as predictors of Flanker, Dimensional Change Card Sort, Picture Sequence, List Sort, and Processing Speed scores. Results MANCOVAs revealed a significantly slower processing speed in the AUD group compared to controls when controlling for CR (F = 4.30, p = .042). There were no significant group differences on other tests. Linear regressions showed only processing speed to be predicted by AUD (β = −.255, p = .042), while CR measures were not. Education predicted Picture Sequence (β = .245, p = .041) and Card Sort (β = .291, p = .009) performance, and psychosocial functioning predicted Flanker (β = .296, p = .021) and Card Sort (β = .316, p = .010) performance. Conclusions CR appears to contribute to higher-order cognitive functions, regardless of AUD status. Only processing speed, a domain typically susceptible to brain pathology, was significantly related to AUD. Thus, factors linked to CR may serve as important targets for future research and intervention in AUD to promote favorable cognitive outcomes.

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