title: Repertoires of emotion regulation: A person-centered approach to assessing emotion regulation strategies and links to psychopathology.
abstract: Despite growing research on emotion regulation (ER) strategies and psychopathology, research has primarily focused on identifying one-to-one associations between ER strategies and symptoms. Thus, little is known about how patterns in the repertoires of ER strategies are associated with different mental disorders. We utilised latent class analysis to identify distinct repertoires of ER strategies, and their links with various psychopathology domains (i.e., anxiety, depression, disordered eating, borderline personality). Participants (N = 531) reported on their use of seven ER strategies in six recalled stressful contexts, as well as on their symptoms of psychopathology. We identified five classes of ER strategies: Low Regulators (n = 168), High Regulators (n = 140), Adaptive Regulators (n = 99), Worriers/Ruminators (n = 96) and Avoiders (n = 28). Generally, High Regulators and Worriers/Ruminators endorsed greater levels of psychopathology, relative to Low and Adaptive Regulators. Our findings underscore the importance of characterising the dynamics of ER repertoires when seeking to understand links between ER strategies and psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Amherst , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Dixon-Gordon
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aldao
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Los Reyes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D059445:Anhedonia; D001143:Arousal; D000066498:Emotional Adjustment; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011599:Psychopathology; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Emotion regulation; Psychopathology; Regulation strategies; Repertoire; Transdiagnostic