Jeong Han Kim, Jina Chun, Jaeyoung Kim, Hyun-Ju Ju, Byung Jin Kim, Jeongwoon Jeong, Dong Hun Lee
BACKGROUND: The ability to regulate one's emotional state is an important predictor of several behaviors such as reframing a challenging situation to reduce anger or anxiety, concealing visible signs of sadness or fear, or focusing on reasons to feel happy or calm. This capacity is referred to as emotion regulation. Deficits in this ability can adversely affect one's adaptive coping, thus are associated with a variety of other psychopathological symptoms, including but not limited to depression, borderline personality disorder, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and somatoform disorders...
January 3, 2024: BMC Psychology