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ArticleCognitive therapy and research2025

An Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation Flexibility, Negative Affect and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Madeleine Lim, Angela Nickerson, Philippa Specker

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Article in Cognitive therapy and research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Madeleine LimSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia.
Angela NickersonSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9171-4209
Philippa SpeckerSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-2599

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Emerging research investigating mechanisms underpinning PTSD has identified emotion regulation (ER) flexibility - the ability to flexibly use ER strategies according to contextual demands - as one promising mechanism. To date, however, no study has investigated whether brief training in ER flexibility can minimise negative affect elicited from evocative stimuli. This study investigated the impact of instructed ER flexibility on emotional responding in probable PTSD. Methods: Participants ( Results: Participants with probable PTSD in the Conclusions: Findings suggest that individuals with probable PTSD benefitted from being instructed in ER flexibility. This finding supports the adaptiveness of ER flexibility and provides a preliminary temporal link between instructed ER flexibility and improved emotional responding for those with PTSD. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10608-024-10536-3.

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DistractionEmotion regulationExperimentalFlexibilityPTSDReappraisal

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PMID40123675
PMCPMC11928379

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