Neurosciences and Emotional Self-Regulation Applied to Mental Health Contexts

Abstract

Mapping the self-regulation in the therapeutic process may be important to characterize the picture better, to contribute to the planning of the therapy and to select strategies for practical guidance of the patient, which will favor positive gains. It is important to know more and more the cognitive responses and behavioral characteristics of patients, such as associative learning, motivation and regulation of emotion, which may be linked to the genesis and maintenance of disease. We highlight self-regulation that is an executive function managed by the prefrontal cortex of the frontal lobe of the brain, essential to keep the individual active in the process to achieve their goals. It is a complex phenomenon that involves behavior (activation, monitoring, inhibition, preservation and adaptation), emotions and cognitive strategies to achieve desired goals. The neurosciences can contribute to the knowledge in emotional self-regulation in children and adolescents to health contexts in CBT.

Estrategias de regulación de uso del smartphone y uso problemático de internet en la adolescencia

“…There has been an increase in time spent interacting virtually with the outside world, particularly with their peer group (Garmendia et al, 2016;Mascheroni & Ófalsson, 2014). This increased connectivity implies undeniable benefits but also negative consequences on their well-being that must be taken into consideration, especially if we consider that the self-regulation capacity to face and overcome these effects has not yet reached its zenith at this stage (Blonigen et al al., 2009;Calvetti et al, 2019). Based on the problematic internet use model (PIU) proposed by Caplan (2010) and using a representative sample of adolescents enrolled in compulsory secondary education (ESO) in the Community of Madrid, this article analyzes the influence of regulatory strategies on smartphone use and the influence of GPIUS-2 variables on the negative consequences of the use of the Internet.…”

“…While experts have traditionally maintained that the capacity to self-regulate is developed throughout childhood, research shows that its development continues through adolescence both in the behavioral (Steinberg, 2008;Steinberg et al, 2008;King et al, 2013) and neurological context (Griffin, 2017). Developmental scholars indicate that this capacity undergoes notable improvements throughout adolescence (Blonigen et al, 2009;Steinberg et al, 2008;Calvetti et al, 2019). The influence that gender can exert over the development of the capacity to self-regulate is not clear in scientific literature.…”