- 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
Caregivers play a foundational role in the development of children’s emotion dysregulation. Yet, because there are a multitude of ways in which parent behavior can intersect with children’s emotions, the development of emotion dysregulation is complex. This chapter specifically examines the role of operant reinforcement, where the way in which caregivers respond contingently to their children’s expression of emotion influences child emotion dysregulation. It reviews (1) the central theoretical models that explicate the process by which parental responses to children’s emotions reinforce emotion dysregulation, (2) current evidence supporting these theories, and (3) interventions designed to reduce emotion dysregulation through operant reinforcement processes. It emphasizes that, in addition to unidirectional effects, operant reinforcement from a parent interacts with traits inherent to the child, and parents and children mutually influence one another in ways that highlight the transactional, dynamic processes underlying the development of emotion dysregulation. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
Keywords: emotion dysregulation, operant reinforcement, development, parent-child interactions, parental emotion socialization, coercion theory, invalidating environment
Christina Gamache Martin, PhD Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
Maureen Zalewski, PhD Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
Grace Binion, MS Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
Jacqueline O’Brien, MS Department of Psychology, University of Oregon
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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