- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Copyright Page
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Functionalist and Constructionist Perspectives on Emotion Dysregulation
- Emotions as Regulators of Motivated Behavior
- Emotions as Regulators of Social Behavior
- Cognition and Emotion in Emotion Dysregulation
- What Emotion Dysregulation Looks Like: Inferences from Behavioral Observations
- Emotion Dysregulation and Aging
- Emotion Generation, Regulation, and Dysregulation as Multilevel Transdiagnostic Constructs
- Development of Emotion Dysregulation in Developing Relationships
- Operant Reinforcement and Development of Emotion Dysregulation
- Cognitive Processes and Risk for Emotion Dysregulation
- Interpersonal Processes and the Development of Emotion Dysregulation
- Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia as a Transdiagnostic Biomarker of Emotion Dysregulation
- Event-Related Potentials and Emotion Dysregulation
- Neuroimaging of Emotion Dysregulation
- Behavioral and Molecular Genetics of Emotion Dysregulation
- Epigenetic Foundations of Emotion Dysregulation
- Emotion Dysregulation and Externalizing Spectrum Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation and Internalizing Spectrum Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation and Childhood Trauma
- Emotion Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Emotion Dysregulation and Psychosis Spectrum Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation in Addiction
- Emotion Dysregulation and Eating Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation and Self-Inflicted Injury
- Emotion Dysregulation and Borderline Personality Disorder
- Behavioral Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Self-Report Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Treating Emotion Dysregulation in Externalizing Disorders
- Treating Emotion Dysregulation in Internalizing Disorders
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Future Directions in Research and Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Emotion dysregulation is a pervasive clinical problem that likely emerges from complex Gene × Environment interactions across development. Epigenetic processes provide a molecular basis by which genotype interacts with the environment across the lifespan to produce phenotype. Epigenetics is defined by molecular processes occurring on and around the genome that regulate gene activity without changing DNA sequence. This chapter describes how epigenetic mechanisms are assessed and provides a brief review of current research on epigenetics, emotion dysregulation, and associated disorders. It then highlights four biological pathways of interest, the serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine systems and the limbic-hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (L-HPA) axis, and argues that, to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of emotion dysregulation, biological pathways rather than single genes must be measured. The chapter describes challenges for the field of epigenetics and how novel methods could be leveraged to overcome those challenges.
Keywords: emotion dysregulation, epigenetics, biological pathways, serotonin, dopamine, borderline personality disorder
Mindy Brown, BS Department of Psychology, The University of Utah
Elisabeth Conradt, PhD Department of Psychology, The University of Utah
Sheila E. Crowell, PhD Department of Psychology, The University of Utah
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Copyright Page
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Functionalist and Constructionist Perspectives on Emotion Dysregulation
- Emotions as Regulators of Motivated Behavior
- Emotions as Regulators of Social Behavior
- Cognition and Emotion in Emotion Dysregulation
- What Emotion Dysregulation Looks Like: Inferences from Behavioral Observations
- Emotion Dysregulation and Aging
- Emotion Generation, Regulation, and Dysregulation as Multilevel Transdiagnostic Constructs
- Development of Emotion Dysregulation in Developing Relationships
- Operant Reinforcement and Development of Emotion Dysregulation
- Cognitive Processes and Risk for Emotion Dysregulation
- Interpersonal Processes and the Development of Emotion Dysregulation
- Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia as a Transdiagnostic Biomarker of Emotion Dysregulation
- Event-Related Potentials and Emotion Dysregulation
- Neuroimaging of Emotion Dysregulation
- Behavioral and Molecular Genetics of Emotion Dysregulation
- Epigenetic Foundations of Emotion Dysregulation
- Emotion Dysregulation and Externalizing Spectrum Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation and Internalizing Spectrum Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation and Childhood Trauma
- Emotion Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Emotion Dysregulation and Psychosis Spectrum Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation in Addiction
- Emotion Dysregulation and Eating Disorders
- Emotion Dysregulation and Self-Inflicted Injury
- Emotion Dysregulation and Borderline Personality Disorder
- Behavioral Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Self-Report Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Treating Emotion Dysregulation in Externalizing Disorders
- Treating Emotion Dysregulation in Internalizing Disorders
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Future Directions in Research and Treatment of Emotion Dysregulation
- Index