First, they should not only look out for the excessive use of maladaptive strategies but also for the limited use of
adaptive strategies because both were found to be associated with psychological distress.
Not exact matches
The
strategies (in both behavioral domains and emotion regulation) learnt in infancy, constitute an
adaptive advantage
because they promote faster and more specific responses within the EEA.
An interesting instrument in this respect is the FEEL - KJ
because it measures 7
adaptive and 5 maladaptive emotion regulation
strategies in response to three different emotions.