- 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
Self-report assessments remain among the most widely used measures for most psychological constructs, due to their feasibility, ease of administration, low cost, and wide availability. Self-report measures of emotion dysregulation are no exception. This chapter reviews two predominant conceptualizations of emotion dysregulation (one of which focuses on dysregulated emotional responses per se and another that focuses on maladaptive ways of responding to emotions), as well as the empirical support for extant self-report measures of emotion dysregulation consistent with both conceptualizations. Based on this review, the chapter concludes that both emotional responses themselves and an individual’s responses to those emotions may evidence dysregulation and inform our understanding of normal and abnormal development. Finally, future directions for research in this area are discussed, including the need for studies examining the clinical utility of targeting responses to emotions versus emotional experience per se in psychological interventions.
Keywords: emotion dysregulation, emotion regulation, emotional reactivity, self-report, assessment
Kim L. Gratz, PhD Department of Psychology, The University of Toledo
Courtney N. Forbes, MEd Department of Psychology, The University of Toledo
Linnie E. Wheeless, JD Department of Psychology, The University of Toledo
Julia R. Richmond, MA Department of Psychology, The University of Toledo
Matthew T. Tull, PhD Department of Psychology, The University of Toledo
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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