title: Regulation of negative affect in schizophrenia: the effectiveness of acceptance versus reappraisal and suppression.
abstract: Although general emotion coping difficulties are well documented in schizophrenia, there has been limited study of specific regulatory strategies such as suppression, reappraisal, and acceptance. In the present study, clinical and control participants were asked to watch video clips selected to elicit negative affect while engaging in one of these three different emotion regulation strategies (counterbalanced), versus a passive viewing condition. The experiential and expressive components of emotion were quantified using self-report and facial electromyography, respectively. A major finding was that, in contrast to control participants, individuals with schizophrenia did not report a greater willingness to reexperience negative emotion after engaging in acceptance. These data are discussed in the context of evidence highlighting the potentially important role of acceptance in understanding affective abnormalities in clinical conditions such as schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. yperry@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Julie D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Nangle
authors.forename: Jessica R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Grisham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires