ReviewCardiovascular psychiatry and neurology2014
Emotional Regulation and Depression: A Potential Mediator between Heart and Mind.
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72 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association Between Physical Activity, Heart Rate Variability and Major Depressive Disorders: An Umbrella Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Experiences of siblings of children with chronic pediatric conditions: a qualitative systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Brain-based correlates of depression and traumatic brain injury: a systematic review of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging studies.Frontiers in neuroimaging · 2024Pooled it
- Personality traits as risk factors for relapse or recurrence in major depression: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Differential effects of stress-related and stress-unrelated humor in remitted depression.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- The Effect of Emotion Regulation Training on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Family Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Community mental health journal · 2020Trial
- Augmented reality-based fine arts education experiences and adolescents' perceived reduction in depressive symptoms: a self-report study of associations with psychological resilience, rumination, and emotional regulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- AI as a partner in assessment: generating situational judgment tests with large language models.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Fear of Missing Out, and University Student Depression: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intolerance of Uncertainty and Emotion Regulation in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Role of Reappraisal and Suppression.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Can an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention Indirectly Benefit Caregivers and Peers of Intervention Participants in Rural Sierra Leone?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms, Defense Mechanisms, and Mentalized Affectivity in Individuals with Myocardial Infarction: An Empirical Investigation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mediating effect of intolerance of uncertainty between feeling of unsafety and depression/well-being among a sample of Lebanese adults.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- The relationship between ambivalence over the expression of emotions and somatic symptoms among Iranian long-distance and geographically close partners: The mediating role of emotional suppression.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- The impact of personality traits on the return of major depression: a case-control study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Development of physical literacy in school children and adolescents through the intervention of a multicomponent program of physical activity in the natural environment.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The effects of mindfulness-based techniques on self-rumination, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression among patients with major depression: a nursing perspective.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2024Article
- Covid-19 psychological pressures, depression and FOMO: the mediating role of online social support and emotional regulation.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- A qualitative exploration of how lifetime stressor exposure influences sport performers' health, well-being, and performance.Anxiety, stress, and coping · 2024Article
- Depression, anxiety and brain volume after hearing loss and tinnitus: cohort study in the UK Biobank.BJPsych open · 2024Article
12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
A narrative review of the major evidence concerning the relationship between emotional regulation and depression was conducted. The literature demonstrates a mediating role of emotional regulation in the development of depression and physical illness. Literature suggests in fact that the employment of adaptive emotional regulation strategies (e.g., reappraisal) causes a reduction of stress-elicited emotions leading to physical disorders. Conversely, dysfunctional emotional regulation strategies and, in particular, rumination and emotion suppression appear to be influential in the pathogenesis of depression and physiological disease. More specifically, the evidence suggests that depression and rumination affect both cognitive (e.g., impaired ability to process negative information) and neurobiological mechanisms (e.g., hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis overactivation and higher rates of cortisol production). Understanding the factors that govern the variety of health outcomes that different people experience following exposure to stress has important implications for the development of effective emotion-regulation interventional approaches (e.g., mindfulness-based therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and emotion regulation therapy).
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