ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2021
Poor Disgust Suppression Is Associated with Increased Anxiety in Caregivers of People with Neurodegenerative Disease.
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- Environmental epigenetic modifiers in neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review of epigenomic mechanisms and therapeutic targets.Frontiers in epigenetics and epigenomics · 2026Pooled it
- The role of specific affects in the psychopathology of dementia family caregivers.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- The Expanding Burden of Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Unmet Medical and Social Need.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Interpersonal linkage in positive and negative emotional behaviors, emotional well-being, and physical functioning in dementia caregivers.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2024Article
- Emotion Regulation Strategies and Mental Health in Dementia Caregivers: The Moderating Role of Gender.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders · 2024Article
- Emotion Regulation in Couples Across Adulthood.Annual review of developmental psychology · 2023Article
- Empathic Accuracy and Shared Depressive Symptoms in Close Relationships.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Caregivers' Profiles Based on the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure for the Adoption of Assistive Technologies.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A qualitative study and preliminary model of living with dementia and incontinence at home: beyond containment.Age and ageing · 2022Article
- Emotional and Cognitive Empathy in Caregivers of Persons with Neurodegenerative Disease: Relationships with Caregiver Mental Health.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2021Article
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objectivesCaregivers of persons with neurodegenerative disease have high rates of mental health problems compared to noncaregiving adults. Emotion regulation may play an important role in preserving caregivers' mental health. We examined the associations between caregivers' emotion regulation measured in several ways (ability, habitual use, and self-ratings) and their mental health symptoms.
methodNinety-one caregivers of persons with neurodegenerative disease participated in a laboratory-based assessment of emotion regulation. In two series of tasks, caregivers were given different instructions (no instruction, suppress) regarding altering their emotional behavioral responses to disgusting films and acoustic startle stimuli. Caregivers' emotional behavior was measured via behavioral coding and caregivers rated "how much emotion" they showed during each task. Anxiety, depression, and habitual use of expressive suppression were measured via questionnaires.
resultsPoor emotion regulation in the disgust suppression condition (i.e., greater emotional behavior) was associated with greater anxiety. Associations were not found for the startle suppression condition, depression, or self-report measures of emotion regulation. DISCUSSION: Findings suggest that caregivers who are unable to suppress emotional behavior in response to disgusting stimuli may be at greater risk for anxiety. Given high levels of anxiety in caregivers, it may be useful to evaluate interventions that improve ability to downregulate emotional behavior.
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