OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the role of spousal bereavement and positive emotion in naturally occurring levels of daily cortisol. METHODS Analyses were conducted using data from the Midlife in the United States survey and the National Study of Daily Experiences. Baseline assessments of extraversion, neuroticism, trait positive emotion, and trait negative emotion were ...

Studies of emotion regulation typically contrast two or more strategies (e.g., reappraisal vs. suppression) and ignore variation within each strategy. To address such variation, we focused on cognitive reappraisal and considered the effects of goals (i.e., what people are trying to achieve) and tactics (i.e., what people actually do) on outcomes (i.e., how affective responses change). To examin...

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects various aspects of a patient’s life. This study aimed to investigate the effect of positive thinking training on the quality of life and emotion regulation among patients with MS.  Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study conducted on a sample of 40 patients selected by convenience sampling method. Eight 90-minute sessions of positive th...

While studies have documented significant associations between insecure attachment, emotion dysregulation, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features, no research to date has empirically delineated the specific mechanisms by which these constructs are related. The present study brings together 2 lines of research that have hitherto separately examined attachment disturbance and emotion ...

Although abnormalities in emotional response have long been considered a core feature of the chronic phase of schizophrenia, few investigations have examined emotional response in individuals at ultrahigh-risk (UHR) for psychosis. We investigated whether neuroleptic-free UHR (n=29) and healthy control (n=32) participants differed in emotional reactivity and emotion regulation on a laboratory-ba...

background and purpose: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) that cause a sharp drop in job performance and social activities is commonly seen in iranian veterans. identifying the variables involved is important to predict the risk of psychological harms. this study aimed at assessing the relationship between attachment styles and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in veterans with ptsd. ...