Trial reportGeneral hospital psychiatry
A positive emotion regulation intervention for bipolar I disorder: Treatment development and initial outcomes.
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- Results of a positive affect intervention for male couples: Change over time and effects on mental health.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2025Trial
- Exploring the Associations Between Affective and Non-Affective Cognitive Domains in Mood Disorders and Healthy Controls Using Network Analysis.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Toward Objective Assessment of Positive Affect: EEG and HRV Indices Distinguishing High and Low Arousal Positive Affect.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Optimization of a digital health intervention to enhance well-being among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: Design and methods of the EMPOWER full factorial trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Positive Affect Is Associated With Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Minorities and Couples.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2024Article
- Daily Affective Dynamics in Major Depressive Disorder: The Role of Daily Stressors and Positive Events.Affective science · 2023Article
- An eHealth, Positive Emotion Skills Intervention for Enhancing Psychological Well-Being in Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Results from a Multi-Site, Pilot Feasibility Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Regulating Together: Emotion Dysregulation Group Treatment for ASD Youth and Their Caregivers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- A systematic review on the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy for improving mood symptoms in bipolar disorders.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2023Review
- A Web-Based Positive Psychology App for Patients With Bipolar Disorder: Development Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Momentary Emotion Goals and Spontaneous Emotion Regulation in Daily Life: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of Desire for High Versus Low Arousal Positive Emotion.Affective science · 2022Article
- The impact of childhood maltreatment on adaptive emotion regulation strategies.Child abuse & neglect · 2022Article
- Evaluating the emotion regulation of positive mood states among people with bipolar disorder using hierarchical clustering.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveDysfunction in positive affect is a defining symptom of bipolar I disorder (BD), both during and between mood episodes. We hypothesize that helping people with BD learn skills to create balance in their affective experiences by engaging in strategies that increase low activation positive emotion (LAP; e.g., relaxation) could help to improve well-being during periods of symptom remission. We discuss the development and preliminary outcomes of a positive emotion regulation (PER) group treatment for people with BD, designed as a supplement to pharmacological treatment.
methodThe Learning Affective Understanding for a Rich Emotional Life (LAUREL) intervention is a group-based intervention covering 10 empirically supported skills designed to increase LAP. Sixteen people with BD enrolled in the LAUREL intervention and twelve completed baseline and post-intervention assessments.
resultsParticipants who completed the study (n = 12) attended the majority of groups (87.96%) and reported practicing skills, on average, 16 times a week. We were unable to detect significant differences in mania symptoms following engagement in this PER intervention. Finally, participants reported increases in several areas associated with well-being post-intervention, including mindfulness, reappraisal, and self-compassion.
conclusionThis study provides a theoretical framework and preliminary support for a PER intervention for BD.
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