Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology
A Transdiagnostic Approach to Etiology and Treatment
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Regardless of their specific diagnosis, many people seeking treatment for psychological problems have some form of difficulty in managing emotional experiences. This state-of-the-art volume explores how emotion regulation mechanisms are implicated in the etiology, development, and maintenance of psychopathology. Leading experts present current findings on emotion regulation difficulties that cut across diagnostic boundaries and present psychotherapeutic approaches in which emotion regulation is a primary target of treatment. Building crucial bridges between research and practice, chapters describe cutting-edge assessment and intervention models with broad clinical utility, such as acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, and behavioral activation treatment.
“An excellent resource for researchers interested in psychopathology and clinicians interested in the integrative science underpinning therapy. The book's key strength is that it is one of the few to combine transdiagnostic and translational approaches. Chapters on the basic science and theory of emotion regulation across psychological disorders are brought together with chapters on relevant treatment approaches.”
—Edward R. Watkins, PhD, Mood Disorders Centre, School of Psychology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
“Kring and Sloan correctly point out that emotion dysregulation is a central component of a diverse set of psychiatric disorders and maladaptive behaviors. They have assembled a stellar group of contributors to address this important issue. By highlighting common difficulties across disorders, this superb volume challenges readers' conceptualizations of the distinctiveness of diagnostic categories. This book should be required reading for scientists or students who want to gain a more comprehensive understanding of mechanisms that might underlie psychiatric disturbance.”
—Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
“For millennia, humans have struggled to achieve control over their emotions. In
Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology, the editors have assembled leading experts to explore the recent outpouring of rigorous scientific work in this area. Wonderfully readable chapters offer state-of-the-art conceptualizations of emotion regulation and apply these concepts to the description and treatment of psychopathology. This book will be a definitive, essential resource for clinicians, graduate students, and researchers.”
—Jonathan Rottenberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida
“This authoritative book brings the reader up to date on work on emotion regulation. This is a topic of great importance for psychopathology that has stimulated a large number of recent scientific papers. Researchers will find quite a bit of valuable information; clinicians will, too, including principles to apply in practice. The volume is accessible and very well edited.”
—Joel Paris, MD, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview,
Denise M. Sloan and
Ann M. Kring
I. Models of Emotion Regulation: Insights from Basic Science
1. Emotion Regulation and Psychopathology: A Conceptual Framework, Kelly Werner and James J. Gross
2. Development of Emotion Regulation: More Than Meets the Eye, Ross A. Thompson and Miranda Goodman
3. How We Heal What We Don’t Want to Feel: The Functional Neural Architecture of Emotion Regulation, Bryan T. Denny, Jennifer A. Silvers, and Kevin N. Ochsner
4. On the Need for Conceptual and Definitional Clarity in Emotion Regulation Research on Psychopathology, Lian Bloch, Erin K. Moran, and Ann M. Kring
II. Problems of Emotion Regulation that Span Different Disorders: Descriptions, Mechanisms, Comorbidities
5. Experiential Avoidance as a Functional Contextual Concept, Jennifer L. Boulanger, Steven C. Hayes, and Jacqueline Pistorello
6. Suppression, Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, Maria Steenkamp, and Brett T. Litz
7. Emotion Context Sensitivity in Adaptation and Recovery, Karin G. Coifman and George A. Bonanno
8. Cognition and Emotion Regulation, Jutta Joormann, K. Lira Yoon, and Matthias Siemer
9. Goal Dysregulation in the Affective Disorders, Sheri L. Johnson, Charles S. Carver, and Daniel Fulford
10. Maximizing Positive Emotions: A Translational, Transdiagnostic Look at Positive Emotion Regulation, Daniel G. Dillon and Diego A. Pizzagalli
11. The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Regulation, Els van der Helm and Matthew P. Walker
III. Treatment of Problems in Emotion Regulation
12. Emotions, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Treatment: A Unified Perspective, Christopher P. Fairholme, Christina L. Boisseau, Kristen K. Ellard, Jill T. Ehrenreich, and David H. Barlow
13. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in an Emotion Regulation Context, Sonsoles Valdivia-Salas, Sean C. Sheppard, and John P. Forsyth
14. Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation: Outcomes and Possible Mediating Mechanisms, Kathleen M. Corcoran, Norman Farb, Adam Anderson, and Zindel V. Segal
15. Emotion Regulation as an Integrative Framework for Understanding and Treating Psychopathology, Douglas S. Mennin and David M. Fresco
16. Attention and Emotion Regulation, Charles T. Taylor and Nader Amir
17. Working with Emotion and Emotion Regulation in Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depressed Mood, Matthew R. Syzdek, Michael E. Addis, and Christopher R. Martell
18. Toward an Affective Science of Insomnia Treatments, Allison G. Harvey, Eleanor McGlinchey, and June Gruber
About the Editors
Ann M. Kring, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and former Director of the Clinical Science Program and Psychology Clinic. Her current research focus is on emotion and psychopathology, with a specific interest in the emotional features of schizophrenia, assessing negative symptoms in schizophrenia, and the linkage between cognition and emotion in schizophrenia. Dr. Kring has received numerous awards, including a Young Investigator award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award, and a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley. She is currently a member of the Executive Board for the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Associate Editor for the
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, and a member of the editorial board for the journals
Emotion, Applied and Preventive Psychology, and
Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
Denise M. Sloan, PhD, is Associate Director in the Behavioral Science Division at the National Center for PTSD and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Her current research focus is on emotion and psychopathology, with a specific interest in emotional processes in traumatic stress disorders and integration of methods to assess and treat emotional disturbances related to traumatic stress. Dr. Sloan has received funding for her work from the National Institute of Mental Health and the U.S. Department of Defense, among other organizations. She is a member of the editorial board for the journals
Behavior Therapy, Psychosomatic Medicine, and
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy.
Contributors
Michael E. Addis, PhD, Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Nader Amir, PhD, Center for Understanding and Treating Anxiety and Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Adam Anderson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David H. Barlow, PhD, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Lian Bloch, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Christina L. Boisseau, MA, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
George A. Bonanno, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York
Jennifer L. Boulanger, BS, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada
Charles S. Carver, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Karin G. Coifman, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Kathleen M. Corcoran, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bryan T. Denny, BA, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Daniel G. Dillon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jill T. Ehrenreich, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Kristen K. Ellard, MA, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Christopher P. Fairholme, MA, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Norman Farb, MA, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John P. Forsyth, PhD, Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York
David M. Fresco, PhD, Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Daniel Fulford, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Miranda Goodman, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, California
James J. Gross, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
June Gruber, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Allison G. Harvey, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Steven C. Hayes, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada
Sheri L. Johnson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Jutta Joormann, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Ann M. Kring, PhD, Clinical Science Program and Psychology Clinic, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Brett T. Litz, PhD, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Christopher R. Martell, PhD, private practice, Seattle, Washington
Eleanor McGlinchey, BA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Douglas S. Mennin, PhD, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Erin K. Moran, BA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Kevin N. Ochsner, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Jacqueline Pistorello, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada
Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Zindel V. Segal, PhD, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
Sean C. Sheppard, BA, Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York
Matthias Siemer, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Jennifer A. Silvers, BA, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Denise M. Sloan, PhD, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Maria Steenkamp, MA, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Matthew R. Syzdek, MA, Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Charles T. Taylor, PhD, Center for Understanding and Treating Anxiety and Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Ross A. Thompson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, California
Sonsoles Valdivia-Salas, PhD, Department of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York
Els van der Helm, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Matthew P. Walker, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Kelly Werner, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
K. Lira Yoon, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Audience
Mental health practitioners in a range of disciplines; researchers in clinical and personality psychology and psychopathology; graduate students in these fields.
Course Use
May serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.