Emotion dynamics concurrently and prospectively predict mood psychopathology

Emotion regulation and psychopathology.

Emotional problems figure prominently in many clinical conditions. Recent efforts to explain and treat these conditions have emphasized the role of emotion dysregulation. However, emotional problems are not always the result of emotion dysregulation, and even when emotional problems do arise from emotion dysregulation, it is necessary to specify precisely what type of emotion dysregulation migh...

Positive and negative emotion prospectively predict trajectories of resilience and distress among high-exposure police officers.

Responses to both potentially traumatic events and other significant life stressors have been shown to conform to discrete patterns of response such as resilience, anticipatory stress, initial distress with gradual recovery, and chronic distress. The etiology of these trajectories is still unclear. Individual differences in levels of negative and positive emotion are believed to play a role in ...

Delineating components of emotion and its dysregulation in anxiety and mood psychopathology.

Two studies sought to elucidate the components of emotion and its dysregulation and examine their role in both the overlap and distinctness of the symptoms of 3 highly comorbid anxiety and mood disorders (i.e., generalized anxiety disorder, major depression, and social anxiety disorder). In Study 1, exploratory factor analyses demonstrated that 4 factors--heightened intensity of emotions, poor ...

Affect , Mood , and Emotion

'W"he study of emotions, moods, and affect (col­ llectively referred to here as affective phenomena) presents a considerable challenge for researchers. This is an area characterized by a bewildering mul­ tiplicity of constructs, several alternative theories for mch construct, and multiple measures based on each theory. The history of research and theorizing on affec­ live phenomena is long, and...

Emotion, Mood, and Memory