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Uy JP, Yuan JP, Colich NL, Gotlib IH. Effects of Pollution Burden on Neural Function During Implicit Emotion Regulation and Longitudinal Changes in Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE 2024; 4:100322. [PMID: 38957313 PMCID: PMC11217611 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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Background Exposure to environmental pollutants early in life has been associated with increased prevalence and severity of depression in adolescents; however, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. In the current longitudinal study, we investigated whether pollution burden in early adolescence (9-13 years) was associated with altered brain activation and connectivity during implicit emotion regulation and changes in depressive symptoms across adolescence. Methods One hundred forty-five participants (n = 87 female; 9-13 years) provided residential addresses, from which we determined their relative pollution burden at the census tract level, and performed an implicit affective regulation task in the scanner. Participants also completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms at 3 time points, each approximately 2 years apart, from which we calculated within-person slopes of depressive symptoms. We conducted whole-brain activation and connectivity analyses to examine whether pollution burden was associated with alterations in brain function during implicit emotion regulation of positively and negatively valenced stimuli and how these effects were related to slopes of depressive symptoms across adolescence. Results Greater pollution burden was associated with greater bilateral medial prefrontal cortex activation and stronger bilateral medial prefrontal cortex connectivity with regions within the default mode network (e.g., temporoparietal junction, posterior cingulate cortex, precuneus) during implicit regulation of negative emotions, which was associated with greater increases in depressive symptoms across adolescence in those exposed to higher pollution burden. Conclusions Adolescents living in communities characterized by greater pollution burden showed altered default mode network functioning during implicit regulation of negative emotions that was associated with increases in depressive symptoms across adolescence.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jessica P. Uy
- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Ciydem E, Avci D, Uyar M, Seyhan A. Effect of Personality Traits and Emotion Regulation Strategies on Risky Behaviors in Adolescents. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 2024; 62:23-36. [PMID: 37646601 DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20230818-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The current study investigated the effects of personality traits and emotion regulation strategies on high-risk behaviors among adolescents (N = 1,572). This study used a cross-sectional and correlational research design. Multiple linear regression was used for analysis. A 1-unit increase in extraversion and neuroticism led to a 0.391- and 0.365-unit increase in high-risk behaviors, respectively. However, a 1-unit increase in agreeableness and conscientiousness led to a 0.307- and 0.365-unit decrease in high-risk behaviors, respectively (p < 0.05). A 1-unit increase in external and internal dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies led to a 1.34- and 0.548-unit increase in high-risk behaviors, respectively. However, a 1-unit increase in internal functional emotion regulation strategies led to a 0.641-unit decrease in high-risk behaviors (p < 0.05). Regression analysis showed that age, school type, sex, grade level, father's educational level, father's child-rearing style, and school performance were associated with more high-risk behaviors (p < 0.05). There were correlations between some personality traits, emotion regulation strategies, sociodemographic characteristics, and high-risk behaviors. Early intervention programs targeting dysfunctional personality traits and emotion regulation skills in adolescence may prevent the development of risky behaviors in adulthood. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(2), 23-36.].
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Dang Q, Ma F, Yuan Q, Fu Y, Chen K, Zhang Z, Lu C, Guo T. Processing negative emotion in two languages of bilinguals: Accommodation and assimilation of the neural pathways based on a meta-analysis. Cereb Cortex 2023:7133665. [PMID: 37083264 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Numerous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have examined the neural mechanisms of negative emotional words, but scarce evidence is available for the interactions among related brain regions from the functional brain connectivity perspective. Moreover, few studies have addressed the neural networks for negative word processing in bilinguals. To fill this gap, the current study examined the brain networks for processing negative words in the first language (L1) and the second language (L2) with Chinese-English bilinguals. To identify objective indicators associated with negative word processing, we first conducted a coordinate-based meta-analysis on contrasts between negative and neutral words (including 32 contrasts from 1589 participants) using the activation likelihood estimation method. Results showed that the left medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), the left posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), the left amygdala, the left inferior temporal gyrus (ITG), and the left thalamus were involved in processing negative words. Next, these six clusters were used as regions of interest in effective connectivity analyses using extended unified structural equation modeling to pinpoint the brain networks for bilingual negative word processing. Brain network results revealed two pathways for negative word processing in L1: a dorsal pathway consisting of the left IFG, the left mPFC, and the left PCC, and a ventral pathway involving the left amygdala, the left ITG, and the left thalamus. We further investigated the similarity and difference between brain networks for negative word processing in L1 and L2. The findings revealed similarities in the dorsal pathway, as well as differences primarily in the ventral pathway, indicating both neural assimilation and accommodation across processing negative emotion in two languages of bilinguals.
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- Qinpu Dang
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- The Psychological Education and Counseling Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Center for Collaboration and Innovation in Brain and Learning Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Liu Q, Chen W, Preece DA, Xu D, Li H, Liu N, Fu G, Wang Y, Qian Q, Gross JJ, Liu L. Emotion dysregulation in adults with ADHD: The role of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. J Affect Disord 2022; 319:267-276. [PMID: 36162656 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Emotion dysregulation (ED) is a common clinical feature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present study examined the role of cognitive reappraisal (CR) and expressive suppression (ES) in adults with ADHD. In addition, resting-state fMRI (rs-fMRI) data were analyzed to identify neural substrates of CR/ES-ED relationships. METHODS A total of 309 adults with ADHD and 163 healthy controls were recruited. ED was assessed using the 'emotional control' (EC) subscale from Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire was used to measure CR and ES. The functional connectivities (FCs) with the amygdala as Region of Interest, were analyzed in a subsample to explore their association with CR, ES and EC, respectively. RESULTS Higher EC scores (indicative of lesser emotional control), as well as lower CR and higher ES utilization were detected in adults with ADHD compared with healthy controls. CR and ES were both negatively correlated with EC in adults with ADHD. Mediation analysis detected a potential effect of ADHD diagnosis on EC via CR. In addition, a unique significant mediation effect was found between ES-related FC of the right amygdala-prefrontal cortex and ED expression in adults with ADHD, confirming the '↑ES → ↓FCs [amygR-PFC] →↓EC' relationship. LIMITATIONS Only self-reported scales and rs-fMRI data were included in these analyses. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide preliminary evidence that in adults with ADHD, less frequent use of CR accounts for ED expression, while more frequent use of ES may play a unique compensatory role in emotion regulation.
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- Qianrong Liu
- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Mental Health Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia; Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia.; School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; The enAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- The enAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Psychiatry, Shandong Mental Health Center, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Psychiatry, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China; The Key Laboratory of Mental Disorder's Management of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.
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- Department of Psychology, Stanford University, United States
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital/Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Peking University Sixth Hospital, Beijing 100191, China.
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Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Dörfel D, Becke M, Trefz J, Bonanno GA, Groppa S. Associating Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression With Psychopathological Symptoms. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 16:924305. [PMID: 35832294 PMCID: PMC9272006 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.924305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background: Stressful situations and psychopathology symptoms (e.g., depression and anxiety) shape how individuals regulate and respond to others’ emotions. However, how emotional expressions influence mental health and impact intrapersonal and interpersonal experiences is still unclear. Objective: Here, we used the Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression (FREE) scale to explore the relationship between emotional expression abilities with affective symptoms and mental health markers. Methods: From a sample of 351 participants, we firstly validate a German version of the FREE scale on a final sample of 222 participants located in Germany, recruited through an online platform. Following this, we performed confirmatory factor analyses to assess the model structure of the FREE-scale. We then utilize a LASSO regression to determine which indicators of psychopathology symptoms and mental health are related to emotional expressive regulation and determine their particular interactions through the general linear model. Results: We replicated the FREE scale’s four latent factors (i.e., ability to enhance and suppress positive as well as negative emotional expressions). After the selection of relevant instruments through LASSO regression, the suppress ability showed specific negative associations with depression (r = 0.2) and stress symptoms (r = 0.16) and positive associations with readiness to confront distressing situations (r = 0.25), self-support (r = 0.2), and tolerance of emotions (r = 0.2). Both, emotional expressions enhance and suppress abilities positively associated with coping markers (resilience) and emotion regulation skills. Finally, the interaction effects between emotional flexibility abilities and stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms evidenced that consistent with the flexibility theory, enhancing and suppressing abilities may predict psychopathological symptoms. Conclusions: These findings emphasize the importance of considering the flexibility to express emotions as a relevant factor for preserved mental health or the development of psychopathological symptoms and indicate that online surveys may serve as a reliable indicator of mental health.
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- Gabriel Gonzalez-Escamilla
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- *Correspondence: Sergiu Groppa Gabriel Gonzalez-Escamilla
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- Differential and Personality Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- *Correspondence: Sergiu Groppa Gabriel Gonzalez-Escamilla
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