However, our findings are consistent with the notion of
a general emotion dysregulation factor (Silk et al. 2003; Steinberg and Avenevoli 2000), and are in line with findings that most forms of psychopathology include dysregulation in more than one discrete emotion.
Not exact matches
In sum, results of the present study imply that when studying the emotional underpinnings of (internalizing) psychopathology, researchers may want to focus less on the specific
emotions, and more on the
general form the
dysregulation takes, as indicated by high levels of negative, and low levels of positive
emotions, or highly variable
emotions.
A first question is whether it is
emotion dysregulation in
general or
dysregulation of specific
emotions that is linked to the development of specific forms of psychopathology.