1- M. S. in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2- Professor in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. , besharat@ut.ac.ir
Abstract: (1067 Views)
Emotion regulation is one of the topics of interest to many researchers which has been studied from various aspects and has a long antiquity in human history. Emotion regulation means the external and internal processes that are responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and improving a person's emotional responses to achieve their goals. Generally, the aim of the present study is a narrative review of the emotion regulation structure and its role in psychopathology and mental disorders. The present study was conducted by searching databases including Pub Med, Science Direct, Scopus, and ResearchGate with keywords emotion, emotion regulation, and emotion management, and it has been done by reviewing the studies published between 1990 and 2023. 6781 articles were found in the initial search. Articles that were summaries of articles, and short reports without access to the full text of the article were excluded from the study, and 82 articles were selected from the remaining articles following the purpose of the research. A review of the research shows that there is no consensus regarding the definition of the structure of emotion regulation and emphasis on the very important and key role of this structure in psychopathology, health and illness of people and some disorders such as depression, social anxiety, and schizophrenia have a direct relationship with the constant use of some specific emotion regulation strategies. In addition, a review of the research conducted on the role of emotion regulation in psychopathology and mental disorders shows the need for more research on the role of emotion regulation in some mental disorders, including personality disorders.
Type of Article:
Analysis |
Subject:
Clinical Psychology Received: 2023/10/4 | Accepted: 2024/06/5 | ePublished: 2024/07/31