An increasing number of studies have been conducted on the role of expression and regulation of emotion in health. Emotion Regulation addresses the question of these studies from diverse angles while encompassing conceptual, developmental, and clinical issues. Central concepts discussed in this volume that are related to health include: coping styles and aggression, alexithymia, emotional intelligence, emotional expression and depression, emotional expression and anxiety disorders, in addition to the emotional competence in children.
Innehållsförteckning
Conceptual and Neurobiological Issues.- Introduction: Emotions, Emotion Regulation, and Health.- Coping Styles and Aggression: A Biobehavioral Approach.- New Avenues in Alexithymia Research: The Creation of Alexithymia Types.- Alexithymia and Physical Health Problems: A Critique of Potential Pathways and a Research Agenda.- Current Issues in Repressive Coping and Health.- Why Crying Improves Our Well-being: An Attachment-Theory Perspective on the Functions of Adult Crying.- Emotional Intelligence: Relationships to Stress, Health, and Well-being.- Clinical Perspectives and Interventions.- Emotion Expression in Depression: Emerging Evidence for Emotion Context-Insensitivity.- Emotion Regulation and the Anxiety Disorders: Adopting a Self-Regulation Perspective.- The Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Trauma-Related Self and Affect Dysregulation.- Emotional Inhibition, Health, Gender, and Eating Disorders: The Role of (Over) Sensitivity to Others.- Emotional Competence and Health in Children.- Crying in Psychotherapy: Its Meaning, Assessment, and Management Based on Attachment Theory.- Expressive Writing in the Clinical Context.- Writing for All, for Some, or for No One? Some Thoughts on the Applications and Evaluations of the Writing Technique.
Om författaren
Dr. Denollet is Professor of Medical Psychology, Dr. Nyklicek is Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dr. Vinghoets is Professor of Clinical Health Psychology. All three work at the Department of Psychology and Health at Tilburg University, in Tilburg, Netherlands.