Distress tolerance and stress-induced emotion regulation behavior

Larrazabal, Maria A.; Naragon‐Gainey, Kristin; Conway, Christopher

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104243

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“…However, this ability to regulate emotions no longer served as a protective factor at higher internalizing symptom severity. Given the well-established link between self-perceived reduced capacity for tolerating distress and poor ER ability (e.g., Jeffries et al, 2016; Van Eck et al, 2017), researchers have suggested that promoting adaptive emotion regulation behavior among individuals with less perceived ability to tolerate distress may conversely help protect individuals against the harmful effects of stress (Larrazabal et al, 2022). Our results suggest that better ER abilities could serve as a buffer against the detrimental influence of specific internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, and PD symptoms) on how capable one perceives themselves in tolerating distress.…”

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Using a transdiagnostic approach to examine the associations among internalizing symptoms, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance

Tanguy,

Kaur,

Asnaani

2024

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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Difficulty tolerating distress (e.g., distress tolerance [DT]) and regulating emotions (e.g., emotion regulation [ER]) are implicated as transdiagnostic risk factors for various internalizing disorders. The present study investigated the relationships among six internalizing disorder symptoms, baseline ER, and DT in college students ( N = 137) to identify which internalizing disorders were most closely associated with DT. We expected ER and internalizing symptoms to be associated with DT and that ER would moderate relationships among internalizing symptoms and both trait DT and state distress. Results indicated that ER, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and social anxiety symptoms influenced trait DT. ER moderated the associations between depression, anxiety, and panic disorder (PD) symptoms, and trait DT at the .05 level. Similarly, ER moderated the association between PD symptoms and anticipatory distress at the .05 level. However, these analyses did not withstand the Bonferroni adjustment ( p = .008) for multiple comparisons. Findings suggest that, when considering transdiagnostic symptoms, certain internalizing symptoms (i.e., social anxiety, PTSD) may have a stronger influence on trait DT. Further, strong ER abilities may buffer the adverse effects of internalizing symptoms on one’s perceived ability to handle distress. These patterns may not translate to individuals’ behavioral capacity to handle distress.

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Using a transdiagnostic approach to examine the associations among internalizing symptoms, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance

Tanguy,

Kaur,

Asnaani

2024

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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“…Specifically, people with high DT are theorized to rely less on maladaptive emotion-regulation strategies that are associated with avoiding, or else quickly escaping, negative emotion (Veilleux, 2022). Indeed, research shows that high DT is linked to adaptive emotion-regulation strategies, such as acceptance and reappraisal, on both within-and between-person levels (Larrazabal et al, 2022;Naragon-Gainey et al, 2017). To the extent that ACEs, such as physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse and neglect, disrupt the development of DT, emotion regulation abilities would be expected to be diminished as well (Arens et al, 2014;Bartlett et al, 2021;Robinson et al, 2021).…”

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Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences in Adulthood: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Distress Tolerance and Drinking to Cope

Norton

Hailemeskel

Bravo

et al. 2023

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background/Objectives: Prior research has established that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) predict harmful alcohol use outcomes. However, underlying mechanisms that could explain these associations are less clear. The present study examined if ACEs are indirectly related to alcohol negative consequences through their associations with distress tolerance and drinking to cope. Method: A sample of 3,763 (71.9% female) college students who drink alcohol from seven countries (U.

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“…Both are defined by a sense of vulnerability, or low self-efficacy, when emotions are running high (Simons & Gaher, 2005). This insecurity explains, at least in part, why low-DT people make impulsive decisions about how to neutralize distress (e.g., drug use, situational avoidance) (Larrazabal et al, 2022;Veilleux, 2023). In personality research, this negative emotion-based impulsivity is often called negative urgency, and appears to bridge Neuroticism and Conscientiousness domains (Whiteside & Lynam, 2001).…”

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“…Instead, DT and Neuroticism may be easier to parse with experience-sampling methods, where briefer reporting timeframes that entail less retrospective recall might help people distinguish an emotional state from one's reaction to that state (Veilleux, 2023). Persistence with distressing experimental tasks (e.g., speeded mental arithmetic) is another DT assessment method that in the future might help to circumvent self-report biases; unfortunately, existing task-based metrics tend to have weak psychometric properties (e.g., Hsu et al, 2023;Larrazabal et al, 2022).…”

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Defining Distress Tolerance in a Structural Model of Big Five Personality Domains

Conway¹,

Naragon‐Gainey²,

Lopez³

2023

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Distress tolerance (DT)--willingness to face internal discomforts--has a fuzzy boundary with Neuroticism (low Emotional Stability), raising questions about its independent contribution to mental health. We investigated DT’s overlap with Neuroticism and other Big Five factors in a structural model of personality and personality-disorder features in samples of university students (N = 1,025), emotional-disorder patients (N = 225), and substance-use patients (N = 210). In exploratory factor analyses, we found that DT indicators clustered with Neuroticism and were essentially unrelated to other Big Five domains. Big Five personality dimensions collectively explained approximately 70% of variation in DT indicators in this model. We conclude that DT and Neuroticism are near neighbors in conceptual space and speculate that much of the observed correlation between DT and mental-health outcomes in the literature may be carried by shared Neuroticism variance. We suggest that clearer distinctions between the two constructs in empirical research could improve our understanding of DT’s unique role in the development and treatment of psychopathology.

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Distress tolerance and stress-induced emotion regulation behavior

Cited by 13 publications

References 69 publications

Using a transdiagnostic approach to examine the associations among internalizing symptoms, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance

Using a transdiagnostic approach to examine the associations among internalizing symptoms, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance

Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Negative Alcohol-Related Consequences in Adulthood: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Distress Tolerance and Drinking to Cope

Defining Distress Tolerance in a Structural Model of Big Five Personality Domains

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