ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2015
A prospective investigation of emotion dysregulation as a moderator of the relation between posttraumatic stress symptoms and substance use severity.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Emotion Regulation in the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Emotion regulation difficulties in traumatized youth: a meta-analysis and conceptual review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2018Pooled it
- Ultra-brief breath counting (mindfulness) training promotes recovery from stress-induced alcohol-seeking in student drinkers.Addictive behaviors · 2020Trial
- Emotion dysregulation moderates the effect of cognitive behavior therapy with prolonged exposure for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2017Trial
- Generalization of emotion regulation using conditioned reminders on mobile phones.Behaviour research and therapy · 2026Article
- Roles of mindfulness and depressive symptoms on the association between adverse childhood experiences and non-suicidal self-injury.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Ethnic-racial identity modulates emotion dysregulation and alcohol use among an adult sample of Asian Americans.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Article
- Emotional Dysregulation and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms: Which Interaction in Adolescents and Young Adults? A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the brief version of the difficulty in emotion regulation scale (DERS-16).BMC psychology · 2023Article
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- Posttraumatic stress disorder strengthens the momentary associations between emotion dysregulation and substance use: a micro-longitudinal study of community women experiencing intimate partner violence.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- [Comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and addiction from a biopsychosocial perspective].Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2022Article
- Testing for Sex Differences in the Nomological Network of the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy in Incarcerated Individuals.Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment · 2021Article
- The association between problematic social networking site use, dark triad traits, and emotion dysregulation.BMC psychology · 2021Article
- The role of emotion dysregulation in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among veterans.Journal of clinical psychology · 2021Article
- Gender differences in the association between childhood sexual abuse and risk behaviors among people living with HIV in Haiti.AIDS care · 2020Article
- Early-life stress affects drug abuse susceptibility in adolescent rat model independently of depression vulnerability.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Emotion Dysregulation Moderates the Association Between Stress and Problematic Cannabis Use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Examining Relationships between Gender, Opioid Dependence, and Distress Tolerance among Patients in Substance Use Disorder Treatment.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions and Substance Misuse: The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
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Abstract
Despite strong evidence for an association between the experience of posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and substance use, little is known about the particular individuals most at-risk for problematic substance use in response to PTS symptoms. Consequently, the goal of this study was to conduct a prospective investigation of the moderating role of emotion dysregulation (assessed through self-report and behavioral measures) in the relation between PTS symptoms and substance use 8-months later within a sample of 106 young adult women. No main effect of PTS symptoms on substance use was found. Instead, PTS symptoms were only associated with later substance use in the context of heightened emotion dysregulation. Results provide support for emotion dysregulation as a key factor that may increase risk for substance use among women experiencing PTS symptoms and highlight a target for future interventions aimed at reducing risk for the development of maladaptive behaviors stemming from PTS symptoms.
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