A5028941070- Mental Health Research Topics
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Mind wandering and attention
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
The University of Melbourne
2011-2025
KU Leuven
2015-2024
Australian Psychological Society
2018-2023
Orygen
2023
Cone Health
2002-2021
Coastal Area Health Education Center
2018-2021
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2018-2021
Individual Differences
2014-2020
Australian Catholic University
2015-2019
University of Koblenz and Landau
2019
Emotion regulation has primarily been studied either experimentally or by using retrospective trait questionnaires. Very few studies have investigated emotion in the context which it is usually deployed, namely, complexity of everyday life. We address this current paper reporting findings two experience-sampling (Ns = 46 and 95) investigating use six emotion-regulation strategies (reflection, reappraisal, rumination, distraction, expressive suppression, social sharing) their associations...
Depression not only involves disturbances in prevailing affect, but also how affect fluctuates over time. Yet, precisely which patterns of dynamics are associated with depressive symptoms remains unclear; depression has been linked increased affective variability and instability, greater resistance to change (inertia). In this paper, we argue that these paradoxical findings stem from a number neglected methodological/analytical factors, address using novel paradigm analytic approach....
Like many other mental disorders, depression is characterised by psychological inflexibility. Two instances of such inflexibility are rumination: repetitive cognitions focusing on the causes and consequences depressive symptoms; emotional inertia: tendency for affective states to be resistant change. In two studies, we tested predictions that: (1) rumination inertia related; (2) both independently contribute symptoms. We examined subjective experiences in daily life among a sample...
We discuss three varieties of affective dynamics (affective instability, emotional inertia, and differentiation). In each case, we suggest how these should be operationalized measured in daily life using time-intensive methods, like ecological momentary assessment or ambulatory assessment, recommend time-sensitive analyses that take into account not only the variability but also temporal dependency reports. Studies explore are associated with psychological disorders symptoms reviewed,...
This is the first paper in a series of two that synthesizes, compares, and extends methods for causal inference with longitudinal panel data structural equation modeling (SEM) framework. Starting cross-lagged approach, this builds general model (GCLM) parameters to account stable factors while increasing range dynamic processes can be modeled. We illustrate GCLM by examining relationship between national income subjective well-being (SWB), showing how examine hypotheses about short-run (via...
The ability to regulate emotions is central well-being, but healthy emotion regulation may not merely be about using the “right” strategies. According strategy-situation-fit hypothesis, emotion-regulation strategies are conducive well-being only when used in appropriate contexts. This study first test hypothesis ecological momentary assessment of cognitive reappraisal—a putatively adaptive strategy. We expected people who reappraisal more uncontrollable situations and less controllable have...
Recent theory conceptualizes emotion regulation as occurring across three stages: (a) identifying the need to regulate, (b) selecting a strategy, and (c) implementing that strategy modify emotions. Yet, measurement of has not kept pace with these theoretical advances. In particular, widely used global self-report questionnaires are often assumed index people's typical selection tendencies. However, it is unclear how well self-reports capture individual differences in and/or whether they may...
Being human implies a particular moral status: having value, agency, and responsibility. However, people are not seen as equally human. Across two studies, we examine the consequences that subtle variations in perceived humanness of actors or groups have for their status. Drawing on Haslam's two-dimensional model focusing three ways may be considered to status - patiency (value), responsibility demonstrate subtly denying others has implications whether they blamed, praised, worthy concern...
Emotional inertia-the degree to which people's feelings carry over from one moment the next-is an important property of temporal dynamics emotions. Thus far, emotional inertia has only been examined as a stable, trait-like characteristic. However, internal or external events (e.g., stress) may trigger changes in emotion dynamics, particularly among individuals with heightened sensitivity such events. The current study investigated how is influenced by anticipation social stress, and this...
Previous research has shown that individual differences in negative emotion differentiation may play a prominent role well-being. Yet, many basic questions about remain unanswered, including how it relates and overlaps with related known dimensions of what its possible underlying processes are. To answer these questions, the current article we present three correlational studies chart nomological network terms personality, difficulties identifying describing feelings, several indicators...
Previous research has shown that being affectively unstable is an indicator of several forms psychological maladjustment. However, little known about the mechanisms underlying affective instability. Our aims to examine possibility prone extreme fluctuations in one's feelings related maladaptive emotion regulation. We investigated this hypothesis by relating instability, assessed daily life using experience sampling method, self-reported regulation strategies and parasympathetically mediated...
Increased moment-to-moment predictability, or inertia, of negative affect has been identified as an important dynamic marker psychological maladjustment, and increased vulnerability to depression in particular. However, little is known about the processes underlying emotional inertia. The current article examines how context, people's responses it, are related We investigated individual differences inertia (NA) exposure, reactivity, recovery from events, daily life (assessed using experience...
Implementation of targeted e-mental health interventions offers a promising solution to reducing the burden disease associated with youth depression. A single-group pilot study was conducted evaluate acceptability, feasibility, usability and safety novel, moderated online social therapy intervention (entitled Rebound) for depression relapse prevention in young people.Participants were 42 people (15-25 years) (50% men; mean age = 18.5 partial or full remission. Participants had access Rebound...
The autocorrelation or inertia of negative affect reflects how much emotions carry over from moment to and has been associated with increased depressive symptoms. In this study, we posed three challenges association by examining: (1) whether emotional is relevant for symptoms when assessed on a longer timescale than usual; (2) uniquely related after controlling perseverative thoughts; (3) above the within-person between thoughts. Participants (N = 101) provided ratings thoughts 100 days;...
While in general arousal increases with positive or negative valence (a so-called V-shaped relation), there are large differences among individuals how these two fundamental dimensions of affect related people's experience. In studies, we examined possible sources this variation: personality and culture.In Study 1, participants (Belgian university students) recalled a recent event that was characterized by high low reported on their feelings terms the Five-Factor Model. 2, from Canada,...
Sexual objectification, particularly of young women, is highly prevalent in modern industrialized societies. Although there plenty experimental and cross-sectional research on prospective studies investigating the prevalence psychological impact objectifying events daily life are scarce. We used ecological momentary assessment to track occurrence over 1 week lives women (N = 81). Participants reported being targeted by a sexually event - most often gaze approximately once every 2 days...
This article compares a general cross-lagged model (GCLM) to other panel data methods based on their coherence with causal logic and pragmatic concerns regarding modeled dynamics hypothesis testing. We examine three “static” models that do not incorporate temporal dynamics: random- fixed-effects estimate contemporaneous relationships; latent curve models. then describe “dynamic” in the form of lagged effects: estimated structural equation (SEM) or multilevel (MLM) framework; Arellano-Bond...
Emotion regulation (ER) repertoire-the range of different ER strategies an individual utilizes across situations-is assumed to enable more adaptive and greater well-being.ER repertoire has been operationalized by a quantitative index (sum situations) or applying person-centered approach global self-reports dispositional ER.We aimed assess in daily life using experience sampling methodology (ESM) that could account for nested data.We used multilevel latent profile analyses ESM data (N = 179,...
People routinely regulate their emotions in order to function more effectively at work, behave appropriately social situations, or simply feel better. Recently, researchers have begun examine how people shape affective states using digital technologies, such as smartphones. In this article, we discuss the emergence of emotion regulation, both a widespread behavioral phenomenon and new cross-disciplinary field research. This bridges two largely distinct areas enquiry: (a) psychological...
Previous studies have linked higher emotional inertia (i.e., a stronger autoregressive slope of emotions) with lower well-being. We aimed to replicate these findings, while extending upon previous research by addressing number unresolved issues and controlling for potential confounds. Specifically, we report results from two (Ns = 100 202) examining how inertia, assessed in response standardized sequence stimuli the lab, correlates several measures The current build on both positive emotions...
Emotion differentiation, the ability to make fine-grained distinctions between emotional states, has mainly been studied as a trait. In this research, we examine within-person fluctuations in emotion differentiation and hypothesize that stress is central factor predicting these fluctuations. We predict experiencing will result lower levels of differentiation. Using data from 3-wave longitudinal experience sampling study, examined level across days months tested if related changes levels. On...
People differ in the extent to which they experience positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) rather independently or as bipolar opposites. Here, we examine proposition that nature of relation between a person's emotional is indicative psychological well-being, particular depressive symptoms, typically characterized by diminished (anhedonia) increased (depressed mood). In three sampling studies, how affective states are related within people's daily life degree bipolarity this associated with...
Neuroticism is one of the major traits describing human personality, and a predictor mental physical disorders with profound public health significance. Individual differences in emotional variability are thought to reflect core neuroticism. However, empirical relation between neuroticism may be partially result measurement artifact reflecting neuroticism’s higher mean levels—rather than greater variability—of negative emotion. When intensity measured using bounded scales, there dependency...
This study aimed to determine whether, following two years of specialized support for first‐episode psychosis, the addition a new digital intervention (Horyzons) treatment as usual (TAU) 18 months was more effective than TAU alone. We conducted single‐blind randomized controlled trial. Participants were people with psychosis (N=170), aged 16‐27 years, in clinical remission and nearing discharge from service. They randomly assigned (1:1) receive Horyzons plus (N=86) or alone (N=84) between...
Introduction Specialised early intervention services have demonstrated improved outcomes in first-episode psychosis (FEP); however, clinical gains may not be sustained after patients are transferred to regular care. Moreover, many with FEP remain socially isolated poor functional outcomes. To address this, our multidisciplinary team has developed a moderated online social media therapy (HORYZONS) designed enhance functioning and maintain from specialist services. HORYZONS merges: (1)...