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2007 NOV 19 -- According to a study from the United States, "Affective style reflecting approach and inhibition is thought to be associated in distinct ways with anxious versus depressed mood; relatively few studies, however, consider how the interaction between affective style and the strategies individuals use to regulate mood and emotion might influence these associations."

"Sixty-seven non-disordered adults self-reported on their use of two emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), behavioral approach (BAS) and behavioral inhibition sensitivity (BIS) dimensions of affective style, and anxious and depressed mood (trait anxiety and symptoms of depression). Trait anxiety versus depressed mood was associated with unique interactive patterns of emotion regulation and affective style: enhanced use of reappraisal was linked to less depressed mood in those reporting low BAS, whereas high suppression was linked to greater trait anxiety in those reporting low BIS," wrote T.A. Dennis and colleagues, City University of New York.

The researchers concluded: "The implications of findings for typical emotional processes and for clinical disorders and interventions are discussed."

Dennis and colleagues published their study in Motivation and Emotion (Interactions between emotion regulation strategies and affective style: Implications for trait anxiety versus depressed mood. Motivation and Emotion, 2007;31(3):200-207).

For more information, contact T.A. Dennis, City University of New York, New York City, NY 10065, USA.

Publisher contact information for the journal Motivation and Emotion is: Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013, USA.

Keywords: United States, New York, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorder, City University of New York.

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