Different
patterns of emotional reactivity characterize proactive and reactive functions of aggressive behavior, and theory also suggests a link of both types with narcissism.
Finally, the situational context must be appreciated because it could alter the
evaluation of emotional reactivity, and it could influence emotion regulation strategies [44], [45].
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The aims of the study were to examine implicit aspects of emotional regulation by measuring facial expression in response to a therapeutic video game (Islands), and explicit
aspects of emotional reactivity (i.e. anger and anxiety), measured by self - reported questionnaires, in both acute and recovered states of BN patients.
The current study examined two emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and affective suppression, in interaction with self - report and biological
measures of emotional reactivity as predictors of internalizing symptoms.
Too often couples relate to each other in a
state of emotional reactivity or overwhelm — rather than taking the time to self - soothe and find one's emotional footing (and therefore gain perspective).
The flexibility continuum runs from inflexible to chaotic, and the emotional continuum traces the
spectrum of emotional reactivity from excessively involved to rigidly distant.
It is the capacity to think clearly in the
face of emotional reactivity, the capacity to address life's stressors, to focus on the self and not others, and to take responsibility for the emotional processes in one's own life.
Ideal for identification and prevention, this tool allows you to compare the difference between a child's experience of personal resources with their
experience of emotional reactivity.
Thus, the effect of individual vulnerabilities (depressive affect, social anxiety, self - blame, and coping efficacy problems) on the
transmission of emotional reactivity in response to conflict from family to peers (friends and romantic partners) was prospectively examined across six waves of data in a community - based sample of 416 adolescents (Mage Wave 1 = 11.90, 51 % girls).
The loss of neuromodulation that is at the core of PTSD leads to
intensification of emotional reactivity in general: traumatized people go immediately from stimulus to response without being able to make the intervening psychological assessment of the cause of their arousal, which causes them to overreact and intimidate others.
The results support Bernstein and Claypool's severity hypothesis [86] on the
direction of emotional reactivity, which contends that ostracism increases subsequent arousal.
For example, dispositional mindfulness has been associated with cortical and limbic
markers of emotional reactivity, including less amygdala activation at rest (Way et al., 2010) and during emotional threat (Creswell et al., 2007), as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Findings suggested that the trait tendency to reappraise was associated with a reduced
impact of emotional reactivity on depressive, but not anxiety symptoms.
For some children who have been traumatised, feelings of pain and anger can sometimes be seen in their behaviour, for instance, some children may tantrum or show high
levels of emotional reactivity (eg become upset very easily).
Participants in MBCT programs (now offered for people with anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, post-partum depression and other conditions as well) learn to practice mindfulness meditation and other activities that help them escape from a
cycle of emotional reactivity to thoughts and bodily sensations to avoid downward spirals into depression, anxiety or fear.
A community sample of adolescents (n = 127), at an age of risk for depression and anxiety, completed self - report
measures of emotional reactivity and internalizing symptoms.
Feelings of pain and anger can also be seen in the behaviour of some children who have been traumatised, in the form of tantrums, aggression or high levels
of emotional reactivity (e.g., becoming very upset quite easily).
Temperamental factors related to problems in emotional regulation (e.g., high levels
of emotional reactivity, poor frustration tolerance) have been predictive of the disorder.
One of the roots that can link these two temperamental profiles to disruptive problems is the one recently proposed by Kimonis et al. (2012), who suggest that both higher and lower levels
of emotional reactivity can impair the development of conscience and related complex social emotions of guilt and empathy, further increasing the risk for CU behaviors.
Preterm young adults exhibited higher levels
of emotional reactivity and fusion with others, and higher levels of death anxiety than their counterparts.
Children's patterns
of emotional reactivity to conflict as explanatory mechanisms in links between interpartner aggression and child physiological functioning
On the whole, results indicated that spouses had similar levels of differentiation on two scales: emotional cutoff and I - position, while women reported higher levels
of emotional reactivity and fusion with others.
Among women, a high level
of emotional reactivity was related to a high level of separation anxiety.
A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the level
of emotional reactivity and the calculated values of the night waking, daytime sleepiness, and global sleep disturbances scores.
The higher levels
of emotional reactivity were more commonly associated with the children's self - reported habits of falling asleep in their parents» or sibling's bed, nightmares seen, and feeling sleepy during the day.
A high level
of emotional reactivity is associated with sleep disturbances in preschool children.
Many psychiatric disorders involve problematic patterns
of emotional reactivity and regulation.