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ArticleBehaviour research and therapy2024

Momentary impulsivity interferes with emotion regulation strategy prioritization in everyday life in remitted depression.

Ellie P Xu, Jiani Li, Sarah L Zapetis, Kaley Keefe, Timothy J Trull, Jonathan P Stange

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Article in Behaviour research and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Neurophysiological Markers of Regulation Success in Everyday Life in Depression.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ellie P XuDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, United States.
Jiani LiDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, United States.
Sarah L ZapetisDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, United States.
Kaley KeefeDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, United States.
Timothy J TrullDepartment of Psychology, University of Missouri, United States.
Jonathan P StangeDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, United States. Electronic address: jstange@usc.edu.
University of Southern California · USUniversity of Missouri · US

Funding

Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001855 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Thomas A Buchanan, Michele D. Kipke · 2016 to 2026
$81.3M
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000130 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BUCHANAN, THOMAS A · 2012 to 2015
$36.0M
Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement in Human Research Protections.UL1TR002003 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KARNIK, NIRANJAN SUBHASH, MERMELSTEIN, ROBIN J. · 2016 to 2024
$33.7M
Ambulatory phenotyping with real-time indices of discordant affect regulation: Exploring opportunities for targeted intervention in depressionR01MH133842 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Jonathan P Stange · 2023 to 2026
$3.0M
From Networks to the Real World: Integrating Neural and Autonomic Processes of LossK23MH112769 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI STANGE, JONATHAN P · 2017 to 2021
$931k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000130NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001855NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002003NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH112769NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH133842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSelectively prioritizing some emotion regulation (ER) strategies over others has been shown to predict well-being; however, it is unclear what mechanisms underlie this process. Impulsivity, which captures both top-down control of and bottom-up reactivity to emotions, is one potential mechanism of interest.

methodsUsing multilevel mediation modeling, we investigated whether lower ER strategy prioritization (i.e., lower between-strategy variability) mediates the relationship between greater momentary impulsivity and lower ER success in 82 individuals with remitted depression or no history of a mental disorder (1558 observations). To determine the specific effect of impulsivity, we covaried for mean regulatory effort and negative affect.

resultsThe indirect effect of impulsivity on ER success was significant at the within-person, but not between-person, level. Specifically, in moments when individuals endorsed more impulsivity than usual, they showed less ER strategy prioritization than usual, which predicted less successful ER. Individuals who, on average, reported more impulsivity indicated lower ER strategy prioritization, but no difference in ER success.

conclusionER strategy prioritization mediated the within-person relationship between greater impulsivity and lower ER success. Interventions focused on training individuals to selectively prioritize ER strategies may improve ER success, particularly when individuals are feeling more impulsive than usual.

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Emotional RegulationPsychotic DisordersDepressionEcological Momentary AssessmentEmotionsHumansImpulsive BehaviorDepressionEcological momentary assessmentEmotion regulationImpulsivityMultilevel modeling

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