An examination of the incremental contribution of emotion regulation difficulties to health anxiety beyond specific emotion regulation strategies
An examination of the incremental contribution of emotion regulation difficulties to health anxiety beyond specific emotion regulation strategies
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DOI：
10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.03.002
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Fergus, Thomas A.
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作者：
Bardeen, Joseph R.;Fergus, Thomas A.
鉴于情绪调节失调的潜在诊断重要性，以及缺乏研究情绪调节失调与健康焦虑的关系，本研究试图在一个身体健康的成年人样本(N=482)中检验特定情绪调节策略(认知重新评估和表达抑制)、情绪调节困难和健康焦虑之间的关系。如假设的那样，一系列分层多元回归分析的结果表明，情绪调节困难在预测三个健康焦虑变量中的每一个变量时，除了特定的情绪调节策略外，还提供了显著的增量贡献。在情绪调节困难的六个维度中，代表获得有效情绪调节策略的知觉的维度是唯一一个能够预测特定情绪调节策略影响之外的所有三个健康焦虑变量的情绪调节难度维度。结果表明，情绪调节困难，尤其是对自己有效调节情绪能力的主观评价，可能对健康焦虑有重要影响。对其临床意义进行了讨论。(C)2014爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Given the potential transdiagnostic importance of emotion dysregulation, as well as a lack of research examining emotion dysregulation in relation to health anxiety, the present study sought to examine associations among specific emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), emotion regulation difficulties, and health anxiety in a physically healthy sample of adults (N=482). As hypothesized, results of a series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that emotion regulation difficulties provided a significant incremental contribution, beyond the specific emotion regulation strategies, in predicting each of the three health anxiety variables. Among the six dimensions of emotion regulation difficulties, the dimension representing perceived access to effective emotion regulation strategies was the only emotion regulation difficulty dimension that predicted all three health anxiety variables beyond the effects of the specific emotion regulation strategies. Results indicate that emotion regulation difficulties, and particularly one's subjective appraisal of his/her ability to effectively regulate emotions, may be of importance to health anxiety. Clinical implications are discussed. (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.