Difficulties in emotion regulation and internalizing symptoms in Swedish youth
(2022) PSPR14 20221Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Psychological research has in the last few decades moved away from viewing psychopathology as distinct categories towards a hierarchical, dimensional model where an empirically based structure reflects the similarities among disorders. New tools, such as the second version of The Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS-II) have been developed to capture this dimensionality. In this time period there has also been a considerable development of research on emotion regulation, and emotion dysregulation has been proposed as a possibly unifying factor that could explain a wide range of psychopathological difficulties. This study explored the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and four symptom dimensions –... (More)
- Psychological research has in the last few decades moved away from viewing psychopathology as distinct categories towards a hierarchical, dimensional model where an empirically based structure reflects the similarities among disorders. New tools, such as the second version of The Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS-II) have been developed to capture this dimensionality. In this time period there has also been a considerable development of research on emotion regulation, and emotion dysregulation has been proposed as a possibly unifying factor that could explain a wide range of psychopathological difficulties. This study explored the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and four symptom dimensions – dysphoria, ill temper, social anxiety and panic – from the IDAS-II in a sample of 633 Swedish children and adolescents aged 10-19 years. The results showed that difficulties in emotion regulation were statistically significantly associated with each of the symptom dimensions. Dysphoria, that captures core emotional and cognitive symptoms of depression and anxiety, had a stronger association with emotion regulation than the other symptom dimensions. These findings indicate that difficulties in emotion regulation are most strongly linked to broad psychopathology in youth, but less clearly linked to more specific symptom dimensions. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Psykologisk forskning har under de senaste årtiondena rört sig bort från att se psykopatologi som distinkta diagnostiska kategorier och istället rört sig mot en hierarkisk, dimensionell modell där en empiriskt grundad struktur bygger på gemensamma faktorer mellan psykiatriska syndrom. Nya verktyg, som den andra versionen av The Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS- II), har utvecklats för att fånga dimensionaliteten i psykopatologi. Under den här tidsperioden har forskning på emotionsreglering också utvecklats mycket och emotionsdysreglering har föreslagits som en möjlig underliggande faktor som kan förklara många olika former av psykopatologi. Den här studien undersökte relationen mellan svårigheter i emotionsreglering och... (More)
- Psykologisk forskning har under de senaste årtiondena rört sig bort från att se psykopatologi som distinkta diagnostiska kategorier och istället rört sig mot en hierarkisk, dimensionell modell där en empiriskt grundad struktur bygger på gemensamma faktorer mellan psykiatriska syndrom. Nya verktyg, som den andra versionen av The Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS- II), har utvecklats för att fånga dimensionaliteten i psykopatologi. Under den här tidsperioden har forskning på emotionsreglering också utvecklats mycket och emotionsdysreglering har föreslagits som en möjlig underliggande faktor som kan förklara många olika former av psykopatologi. Den här studien undersökte relationen mellan svårigheter i emotionsreglering och fyra symptomdimensioner från IDAS-II – dysfori, irritabilitet, social ångest och paniksymtom – hos 633 svenska barn och ungdomar i åldern 10 till 19 år. Resultaten visade att svårigheter i emotionsreglering och dessa symtomdimensioner var statistiskt signifikant associerade. Dysfori, som fångar generellt dåligt psykiskt mående i form av emotionella och kognitiva symtom kopplade till depression och ångest, hade en starkare koppling till emotionsreglering än de andra tre symptomdimensionerna. Resultaten indikerar att svårigheter med emotionsreglering är tydligast kopplade till breda psykopatologiska problem hos unga, men mindre tydligt kopplade till mer specifika symptomdimensioner. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsson, Catarina LU and Bengtsson, Pär LU
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- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- emotion regulation, IDAS-II, DERS-16, HiTOP, children, adolescents, emotionsreglering, barn, ungdomar
- language
- English
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- 9098020
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- 2022-08-23 13:57:52
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author = {{Nilsson, Catarina and Bengtsson, Pär}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Difficulties in emotion regulation and internalizing symptoms in Swedish youth}},
year = {{2022}},
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