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A Latent Variable Approach to Affect Variability in Daily Life Accurately Predicts Psychopathology, Especially Depression Symptoms in a Non-Clinical Sample. 一种影响日常生活变异性的潜在变量方法可以准确预测非临床样本中的精神病理，特别是抑郁症状。

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2025-04-24 Epub Date: 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i2.82

Lucas J Hamilton, Prabhvir Lakhan, Lauren A Rutter

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Beyond Main Effects? Affect Level as a Moderator in the Relation Between Affect Dynamics and Depressive Symptoms 主要效应之外？情感水平是情感动力与抑郁症状之间关系的调节因素

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.52

Dominique Maciejewski, E. van Roekel, Thao Ha, Kalee DeFrance, Lauren Lin, H. Lennarz, Hester Trompetter, Wim Meeus, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Susan J T Branje, Tom Hollenstein, M. Verhagen

{"title":"Beyond Main Effects? Affect Level as a Moderator in the Relation Between Affect Dynamics and Depressive Symptoms","authors":"Dominique Maciejewski, E. van Roekel, Thao Ha, Kalee DeFrance, Lauren Lin, H. Lennarz, Hester Trompetter, Wim Meeus, Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Susan J T Branje, Tom Hollenstein, M. Verhagen","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.52","url":null,"abstract":"The current study examined the role of mean levels of affect in the relation between affect dynamics and depressive symptoms. We analyzed data from seven studies that measured affect in daily life in adolescents and young adults (N = 1,448, age range = 11.7-29.9 years, 64.8% females). We tested main and interaction effects of affect dynamics (variability and inertia) and affect level on depressive symptoms, separately for positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). For PA, we found mostly main, but no interaction effects. Depressive symptoms were associated with more PA variability and less PA inertia, indicating that depressive symptoms in young people may be characterized by more variable and less lingering PA, independent of PA mean levels. For NA, we found a significant moderation effect between NA variability and NA levels for depressive symptoms at baseline. For individuals with low NA levels, high NA variability was associated with more depressive symptoms. In contrast, for individuals with high NA levels, high NA variability was associated with fewer depressive symptoms. These results suggest that the relative adaptiveness of NA variability depends on overall NA levels and underscores the need for a more nuanced understanding of affect variability in depression.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"121 43","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139132837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Depressive Symptoms and Binge Eating in Children: Examining Symptom Specificity in a Population-based Sample of Male and Female Children 儿童抑郁症状与暴饮暴食：基于人口的男女儿童样本中的症状特异性研究

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.25

Tyler B. Mason, Diana Zhang, Diana Castillo, Rachel Dayag, Kathy Lam, Jeremy C Morales, Kathryn E. Smith

{"title":"Depressive Symptoms and Binge Eating in Children: Examining Symptom Specificity in a Population-based Sample of Male and Female Children","authors":"Tyler B. Mason, Diana Zhang, Diana Castillo, Rachel Dayag, Kathy Lam, Jeremy C Morales, Kathryn E. Smith","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.25","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Binge eating and compensatory behaviors have significant adverse health implications and are understudied among children. Studies have shown overlap between depressive symptoms and binge eating and compensatory behaviors, but little research has examined sex differences in depressive symptom specificity and binge eating and compensatory behaviors. The present study examined the associations between depressive symptoms and binge eating and compensatory behaviors among male and female children. Methods: Population-based data of 6,975 children ages 9 – 10 years and their caregivers from the multisite Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study were analyzed. The Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS) was utilized to measure binge eating, compensatory behavior, and depressive symptoms. Results: There was an association between presence of anhedonia with increased likelihood of binge eating among females and males. There were no significant associations between individual depressive symptoms and compensatory symptoms among females or males. Lifetime DSM-5 major depressive disorder was associated with binge eating in males and females and compensatory behaviors in females. Discussion: This study provides new knowledge of the specificity of the association between depressive symptoms and binge eating in female compared to male children. Anhedonia may be a key clinical target to reducing binge eating in female and male children.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"124 37","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139134093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impact of Psychological Stress on Emotion Regulation Strategies during COVID-19 in Young Adults with Self-Reported Social Anxiety 自述社交焦虑的年轻人在 COVID-19 期间的心理压力对情绪调节策略的影响

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.38

Katelyn M. Garcia, Corinne N. Carlton, Mara Villalongo Andino, T. Ollendick, J. Richey

{"title":"Impact of Psychological Stress on Emotion Regulation Strategies during COVID-19 in Young Adults with Self-Reported Social Anxiety","authors":"Katelyn M. Garcia, Corinne N. Carlton, Mara Villalongo Andino, T. Ollendick, J. Richey","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.38","url":null,"abstract":"Background: This study sought to evaluate the relations among expressive suppression (ES), cognitive reappraisal (CR), and stress during COVID-19 in young adults with self-reported social anxiety. We hypothesized that social anxiety would positively relate to ES but negatively relate to CR. Furthermore, we predicted that stress severity would moderate the relation between social anxiety and emotion regulation, where higher reports of stress and social anxiety would predict greater ES and lower CR. Methods: Participants were young adults (N = 84; 18-24 years old) who completed self-report measures of social anxiety, stress, and emotion regulation amid COVID-19. Zero-order correlations assessed relations among these variables. Moderation analyses assessed stress as a moderator of the relation between social anxiety and emotion regulation. Results: Results indicated that social anxiety was significantly correlated with ES but not CR. The relation between social anxiety and ES was moderated by stress severity, such that as stress increased, individuals with higher social anxiety engaged in less ES. Stress did not moderate the relation between social anxiety and CR. Conclusions: The current study suggests that self-reported social anxiety is positively associated with ES (but not CR) during COVID-19; however, individuals with high social anxiety and perceived stress engaged in less ES.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"117 47","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139135396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Experiences of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for People with Heightened Emotions: An Examination in People with Bipolar Disorder and Those with High Aggression 情绪高涨者的人际情绪调节体验：对双相情感障碍患者和高攻击性患者的研究

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.30

Benjamin A. Swerdlow, Lesley Berk, Sheri L. Johnson

{"title":"Experiences of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for People with Heightened Emotions: An Examination in People with Bipolar Disorder and Those with High Aggression","authors":"Benjamin A. Swerdlow, Lesley Berk, Sheri L. Johnson","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.30","url":null,"abstract":"Most research on interpersonal emotion regulation (IER) has focused on nonclinical samples. On one hand, people with clinically significant emotion, mood, or interpersonal difficulties may encounter more challenges with IER. On the other hand, IER could potentially be a useful resource for addressing challenges related to intrapersonal emotion dysregulation. We analyzed data from two samples characterized by heightened emotionality: people who self-reported a history of bipolar disorder (N = 51) and people seeking treatment for aggression and emotional impulsivity (N = 199). For comparison, we analyzed data from two samples recruited without regard to clinical status: undergraduates (N = 389) and online respondents (N = 116). We assessed multiple aspects of participants’ experiences of intrinsic IER, including frequency of seeking and receiving IER, perceptions of provider responsiveness and provider hostility, perceptions of helpfulness, and reports of feeling ashamed due to receiving IER. We used two complementary methods: participants were first asked to report on their general experiences of seeking and receiving IER and were then asked to recall a rate a recent instance of receiving IER. Results were largely consistent across the two methods and the two comparison samples, providing a replication in-kind. Relative to the comparison samples, the aggression sample reported more negative experiences of IER, on average, including more difficulty obtaining IER, receiving less responsive support, encountering more hostility, and perceiving IER as less helpful. In contrast, the bipolar disorder sample appeared to be less distinct from the comparison samples. We discuss the implications of this apparent divergence.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"25 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139131483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Problematic Exercise in those with Eating Disorders 情绪失调在进食障碍患者有问题的运动中的作用

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.24

Taylor R. Perry, Dominic M. Denning, Walter H. Kaye, C. Wierenga, Tiffany A. Brown

{"title":"The Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Problematic Exercise in those with Eating Disorders","authors":"Taylor R. Perry, Dominic M. Denning, Walter H. Kaye, C. Wierenga, Tiffany A. Brown","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.24","url":null,"abstract":"Problematic exercise is common in eating disorders (EDs) and is associated with poor treatment prognosis; thus, understanding factors associated with problematic exercise may help improve treatment outcomes. In non-clinical samples, emotion dysregulation has been associated with problematic exercise; however, longitudinal associations between emotion dysregulation and problematic exercise have not been examined in clinical ED samples. This study examined if (1) emotion dysregulating was associated with problematic exercise symptom severity and frequency of problematic exercise, and (2) early changes in emotion dysregulation during treatment predicted problematic exercise symptom severity and frequency of problematic exercise in a clinical ED sample. ED patients (N = 207) completed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire, and the Excessive Exercise subscale of Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory at admission, 1-month post-admission, and discharge. DERS total score was correlated with symptom severity and frequency of problematic exercise at admission. Furthermore, early changes in DERS total score from admission to 1-month predicted problematic exercise symptom severity but not frequency of problematic exercise at discharge. Thus, emotion dysregulation may maintain symptoms of problematic exercise but not frequency in EDs, providing initial evidence that targeting emotion dysregulation may help reduce symptom severity of problematic exercise.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138981556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Impact of Emotion Regulation Improvements on Intolerance of Uncertainty During Emotion Regulation Therapy 情绪调节改善对情绪调节治疗中不确定耐受性的影响

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-11-12 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.36

Michal Clayton, Megan Renna, Leah Weingast, Aliza Panjwani, Phillip Spaeth, Richard Heimberg, David Fresco, Douglas Mennin

{"title":"The Impact of Emotion Regulation Improvements on Intolerance of Uncertainty During Emotion Regulation Therapy","authors":"Michal Clayton, Megan Renna, Leah Weingast, Aliza Panjwani, Phillip Spaeth, Richard Heimberg, David Fresco, Douglas Mennin","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.36","url":null,"abstract":"Both intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and impoverished emotion regulation repertoires characterize generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Across two treatment studies, we explored relationships between two emotion regulation skills, decentering and reappraisal, and IU during emotion regulation therapy (ERT). Participants were treatment-seeking individuals diagnosed with GAD. Study 1 included data from two open trials of ERT (N = 52), and Study 2 examined data from a randomized controlled trial of ERT (n = 28) versus a minimal attention control (n = 25). IU and emotion regulation skills were measured at pre-, mid-, and post-treatment. Mediation models explored indirect effects of emotion regulation skills on the relationship between time (Study 1) or group (Study 2) and intolerance of uncertainty. Results demonstrated improvements in emotion regulation skills and reductions in IU during ERT. Greater use of reappraisal and decentering was associated with reduced IU over time. Tests of indirect effects suggested that observed between-group differences in IU can be explained by changes in emotion regulation skills. The findings from these studies highlight the utility of non-IU-specific interventions to help individuals tolerate uncertainty. Exploring the impact of emotion regulation skills on IU could lead to improvements in treating GAD.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135036616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examining the Joint Factor Structure of Mania, Internalizing, and Thought Disorder Symptoms in a Large Online Sample 在一个大型在线样本中检查躁狂、内化和思维障碍症状的联合因素结构

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-11-12 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.41

Kasey Stanton, Janan Mostajabi, Warner Myntti, Liana Willis, Juyoung Yun, Hanna Osborne, Kasidee L. Brewer

{"title":"Examining the Joint Factor Structure of Mania, Internalizing, and Thought Disorder Symptoms in a Large Online Sample","authors":"Kasey Stanton, Janan Mostajabi, Warner Myntti, Liana Willis, Juyoung Yun, Hanna Osborne, Kasidee L. Brewer","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.41","url":null,"abstract":"The optimal classification of mania symptoms within dimensional models of psychopathology remains unclear, due in part to most prior research using composite categorical ratings of mania/bipolar disorder rather than ratings of specific symptoms. We addressed this gap by examining the structure of self-reported symptom-level ratings of mania, internalizing, and thought disorder in adults (N = 1,112) recruited online who self-identified as having significant mental health histories. Although prior research suggests that mania symptoms overlap strongly with both internalizing and thought disorder, our results indicated much closer alignment with thought disorder than internalizing when examining a two-factor structure. Even when examining a three-factor structure, manic symptoms such as grandiosity loaded strongly onto a common factor with positive psychosis symptoms. However, symptoms such as racing thoughts and excessive energy loaded strongly onto a separate Agitation factor potentially representing a subspectrum within thought disorder. Agitation showed some unique correlates (e.g., with stimulant medication use), indicating heterogeneity within the broader thought disorder spectrum. Future directions extending this research include incorporating assessment of other psychopathology (e.g., externalizing), examining the cross-method consistency of results (e.g., when using interviews), and determining symptom course and interrelations using intensive longitudinal designs.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135037245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Compulsively seeking certainty: Clarifying the association between intolerance of uncertainty and compulsion severity in OCD 强迫性寻求确定性:澄清强迫症中对不确定性的不容忍与强迫严重程度之间的关系

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-08-06 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.19

Alexis Moore, Michael G. Wheaton, C. Rodriguez, Hannah Raila, Hanyang Shen

{"title":"Compulsively seeking certainty: Clarifying the association between intolerance of uncertainty and compulsion severity in OCD","authors":"Alexis Moore, Michael G. Wheaton, C. Rodriguez, Hannah Raila, Hanyang Shen","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.19","url":null,"abstract":"Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), the dispositional tendency to fear the unknown, has clinical implications across a variety of disorders. While research has linked IU and OCD, relatively little is known about this association. Previous studies have focused on IU’s association with overall OCD severity and specific symptom dimensions, but we do not yet understand to what degree this cognitive vulnerability is associated with each of the two cardinal symptoms: obsessions and compulsions. Additionally, few studies have examined the established IU subtypes—prospective and inhibitory IU—as unique contributors to OCD severity. Given the ubiquity of uncertainty in daily life and the potential for IU to influence obsessive-compulsive processes, further investigation of this cognitive vulnerability in OCD is warranted. In a sample of patients diagnosed with OCD, partial correlations were conducted to determine the association between OCD severity (separately examining obsessions and compulsions) and IU (separately examining prospective and inhibitory IU). These analyses revealed positive correlations between IU and compulsion severity, specifically. And of the IU subtypes, this link was specifically associated with prospective IU. The results of this correlational study contribute to the literature on IU in OCD, suggesting prospective IU as a cognitive mechanism that may be involved in the maintenance of compulsions.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81517925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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I can take my eyes off of you: Effect of alexithymia and perceptual load on processing emotional faces 我可以把我的目光从你身上移开:述情障碍和知觉负荷对处理情绪化面孔的影响

Journal of emotion and psychopathology Pub Date : 2023-08-06 DOI: 10.55913/joep.v1i1.20

G. Panayiotou, Marios Theodorou, Scott R. Vrana, N. Konstantinou

{"title":"I can take my eyes off of you: Effect of alexithymia and perceptual load on processing emotional faces","authors":"G. Panayiotou, Marios Theodorou, Scott R. Vrana, N. Konstantinou","doi":"10.55913/joep.v1i1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55913/joep.v1i1.20","url":null,"abstract":"Alexithymic individuals have difficulties processing emotional stimuli, including faces, and may require more resources to process such stimuli. Alexithymia may interact with task characteristics, like perceptual load, which modulates the processing capacity allocated to task-relevant, versus task-irrelevant stimuli. We examined effects of load and distractor type (face, object) and valence (threatening, neutral), and alexithymia on performing a letter-search task. We assessed reaction time, accuracy, and heart rate to index arousal and cognitive effort. Perceptual load, distractor presence, type and valence showed expected effects. Alexithymia did not meaningfully affect reaction time, but was associated with decreased accuracy when distractors were threatening, under low perceptual load. HR did not suggest changes in resources mobilized depending on alexithymia level. Results suggest that alexithymic individuals perceived emotional stimuli and were able to maintain intact reaction time, though this came with a cost in accuracy. Absence of HR effects suggests that no additional resources were recruited to remedy this difficulty. Overall, results suggest that emotional stimuli are perceived in alexithymia at early stages, but resources are not appropriately allocated to prevent performance impairment.","PeriodicalId":73729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of emotion and psychopathology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84095816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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