"Maladaptive emotion" refers to a feeling or emotion that is not helpful or beneficial for a person's well-being or functioning. It is an emotion that doesn't contribute positively to a person's actions or overall mental health. Full definition
In general, FEEL - KJ Adaptive Emotion Regulation was found to be correlated negatively with measures of psychological distress and positively with measures of psychological well - being, whereas FEEL - KJ Maladaptive Emotion Regulation was found to be correlated positively with measures of psychological distress and negatively with measures of psychological well - being. (journals.plos.org)
For FEEL - KJ Maladaptive Emotion Regulation, on the other hand, a positive relation was found with CERQ Non-Adaptive Emotion Regulation, r = 0.36, p < 0.001, and no relation was found with CERQ Adaptive Emotion Regulation, r = -0.11, p = 0.123. (journals.plos.org)
Disordered eating behaviors are often conceptualized as maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. (link.springer.com)