@article{ref1,
title="Emotion regulation in undergraduate students with posttraumatic stress symptoms: a multimethod study",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2020",
author="Hannan, Susan M. and Orcutt, Holly K.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<i>                         <b>Objective:</b>                     </i> Existing literature suggests strong positive associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and emotion regulation difficulties; however, many of these findings are the result of monomethodological approaches (e.g., self-report questionnaires) versus multimethodological approaches. The current study utilized both self-report questionnaires and an emotion regulation choice paradigm (see Sheppes, Scheibe, Suri, & Gross, 2011) to assess various facets of emotion dysregulation in a sample of trauma-exposed undergraduate students with varying levels of self-reported PTSD symptoms (measured by the PTSD Checklist, fifth edition). <i>                         <b>Method:</b>                     </i> Data were collected from 83 students who underwent a laboratory paradigm, followed by completion of numerous self-report measures of emotion regulation (e.g., the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire). <i>                         <b>Results:</b>                     </i> Students with probable PTSD (<i>n</i> = 25) exhibited greater emotion dysregulation on self-report measures compared with students with nonprobable PTSD (<i>n</i> = 58; <i>η<sub>p</sub></i>² ranged from.06 to.42). Additionally, results from the emotion regulation choice paradigm suggested that students with probable PTSD were more likely to exhibit regulatory inflexibility compared with students with nonprobable PTSD (<i>η<sub>p</sub></i>² =.05). In other words, students with probable PTSD were less likely to use reappraisal (vs. distraction) to help regulate their emotions in response to low-intensity negative stimuli compared with students with nonprobable PTSD. <i>                         <b>Conclusions:</b>                     </i> Students with probable PTSD report greater perceived emotion regulation difficulties on self-report questionnaires as well as greater behavioral regulatory inflexibility during a laboratory paradigm. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0000577",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000577"
}