Emotional Regulation Strategies

Limited access to emotional regulation strategies is a main significant predictor of depression in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder.

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Is a mental health condition characterized by ruminating over flaws in appearance, though these flaws often go unnoticed by others

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Emotional regulation is an awareness and comprehension of one's emotions and their impact on behavior, and the ability to delay or adjust spontaneous reactions. Regulating emotion is a dynamic and complex process, and is important in modifying emotional reactions to meet situational demands. These adaptive behaviors can be either automatic or intentional.

Emotional Regulation (ER)

Boullion, G. Q., Witcraft, S. M., Schadegg, M. J., Perry, M. M., & Dixon, L. J. (2021). Emotion regulation difficulties and depression among individuals with dermatological and body dysmorphic concerns. Journal of Nervous And Mental Disease, 209(9), 650–655. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001355

Factors Accounting For the Relation Between Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Depression

An Underlying Factor in the Relation Between Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Depression

References for factors underlying BDD and depression

Issues with emotional regulation, aka Emotional Dysregulation (ED), are not diagnostic factors when evaluating people for autism, however many people with ASD struggle with emotional regulation which can manifest in behavioral or social difficulties due to difficulty or inability to apply adaptive emotion regulation strategies

Emotional Regulation and ASD

"stereotyped or repetitive motor movements" as defined by the DSM-V, and can include hand flapping, hair twirling, rocking, spinning, finger movements, and many more movements. Most commonly associated with ASD but also occur in other developmental disorders and can be in response to either positive or negative emotions and/or sensory experiences

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