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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood

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Enhancing emotion regulation.

Shigeru Iwakabe¹, Kaori Nakamura¹, Nathan C Thoma¹

¹Department of Psychology, Ritumeikan University, Ibaraki-Shi, Japan.

Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research

|March 21, 2023

Summary

Therapist methods, including affect-focused techniques and skills training, significantly improve emotion regulation (ER) in patients. These approaches lead to substantial, lasting enhancements in managing emotional experiences.

Keywords:

affect-focused therapies emotion regulation emotional awareness experiential avoidance meta-analysis psychotherapy psychotherapy methods psychotherapy outcome

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Psychology
Psychotherapy Research

Background:

Emotion regulation (ER) is crucial for mental well-being, involving the modulation of affective experiences.
Facilitating patient ER is a key objective in various psychotherapeutic modalities.

Approach:

This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized 10 studies on immediate/intermediate ER outcomes and 38 studies on distal treatment effects.
Investigated affect-focused, experiential methods, and structured psychoeducation/skills training for enhancing patient ER.

Key Points:

Affect-focused therapist methods and interpretations showed positive intermediate outcomes in 8 studies (84 clients).
A meta-analysis of 26 studies revealed a large average effect size (g = 0.82) for ER methods from pre- to post-treatment.
Both affect-focused and structured skill training approaches are linked to significant improvements in emotion regulation.

Conclusions:

Psychotherapy interventions, encompassing both affect-focused and skills-based training, demonstrably enhance emotion regulation.
Therapists must consider cultural factors influencing emotional display rules and adaptive/maladaptive emotional responses.
Evidence supports specific training and therapeutic practices for optimizing emotion regulation in clinical settings.