Key result
Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies indirectly predicted depressive symptoms through elevated negative affect instability and inertia at both within- and between-individual levels.
Why the study?
Investigation of the role of maladaptive emotion regulation in affect dynamics and depressive symptoms at the within-individual level was still lacking.
Population
125 participants from a general population sample in Hungary
Design
Intensive longitudinal study
Authors
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May support targeting emotion regulation to reduce depressive symptoms; leaves open causal effects on affect dynamics.
Observational (n=125)
Disturbances in emotion regulation are indirectly connected to depressive symptoms, mediated by specific temporal patterns in affective functioning, which may facilitate automated depression risk assessment.
Rónai et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Depressive symptoms (n=125). Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (rumination and expressive suppression) was evaluated on Association between maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, negative affect intensity, and two domains of depression (anhedonia, and negative mood and thoughts). Maladaptive emotion regulation strategies indirectly predicted depressive symptoms through elevated negative affect instability and inertia at both within- and between-individual levels.
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