ArticlePsychological medicine2023
Reduced emotion regulatory selection flexibility in post-traumatic stress disorder: converging performance-based evidence from two PTSD populations.
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- From trigger to response: an ecological momentary study of intrusive memory sequences in PTSD and complex PTSD.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Amygdala EFP Neurofeedback Effects on PTSD Symptom Clusters and Emotional Regulation Processes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- An Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation Flexibility, Negative Affect and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Cognitive therapy and research · 2025Article
- Neurobiology and systems biology of stress resilience.Physiological reviews · 2024Review
- Flexible emotional regulation typology: associations with PTSD symptomology and trait resilience.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundContemporary views of emotion dysregulation in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) highlight reduced ability to flexibly select regulatory strategies according to differing situational demands. However, empirical evidence of reduced regulatory selection flexibility in PTSD is lacking. Multiple studies show that healthy individuals demonstrate regulatory selection flexibility manifested in selecting attentional disengagement regulatory strategies (e.g. distraction) in high-intensity emotional contexts and selecting engagement meaning change strategies (e.g. reappraisal) in low-intensity contexts. Accordingly, we hypothesized that PTSD populations will show reduced regulatory selection flexibility manifested in diminished increase in distraction (over reappraisal) preference as intensity increases from low to high intensity.
methodsStudy 1 compared student participants with high (
resultsBeyond demonstrating adequate psychometric properties, Study 1 confirmed that relative to the low PTS group, the high PTS group presented reduced regulatory selection flexibility (
conclusionsTwo studies provide converging evidence for reduced emotion regulatory selection flexibility in two PTSD populations.
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