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. 2014 Oct;38(5):483-492.
doi: 10.1007/s10608-014-9620-1.

Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Model of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Stefan G Hofmann  1
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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Model of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Stefan G Hofmann. Cognit Ther Res. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Although social factors are of critical importance in the development and maintenance of emotional disorders, the contemporary view of emotion regulation has been primarily limited to intrapersonal processes. Based on diverse perspectives pointing to the communicative function of emotions, the social processes in self-regulation, and the role of social support, this article presents an interpersonal model of emotion regulation of mood and anxiety disorders. This model provides a theoretical framework to understand and explain how mood and anxiety disorders are regulated and maintained through others. The literature, which provides support for the model, is reviewed and the clinical implications are discussed.

Keywords: Emotion; anxiety; classification; depression; emotion regulation; interpersonal; mood; research domain criteria.

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Clinical scenarios of interpersonal emotion regulation (adopted from Zaki and Williams, 2013) Mechanisms
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