Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior
Emotional dysregulation (ED) has not yet been defined as a clinical entity, although it plays an important role in child and adolescent psychopathology. It is a transdiagnostic construct defined as the inability to regulate the intensity and quality of emotions to produce an appropriate emotional re...
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| author | Flora Furente Federica Annecchini Emilia Matera Sabrina Serafino Giorgia Frigeri Alessandra Gabellone Lucia Margari Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli |
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| description | Emotional dysregulation (ED) has not yet been defined as a clinical entity, although it plays an important role in child and adolescent psychopathology. It is a transdiagnostic construct defined as the inability to regulate the intensity and quality of emotions to produce an appropriate emotional response, to cope with excitability, mood instability, and emotional over-reactivity. The aim of this study is to assess, in a sample of female patients with internalizing disorders and suicidal behavior, the correlation between cognitive profile (assessed with Wechsler Scales) and the dimensions of emotion regulation assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). We also investigated whether a discrepancy between the General Ability Index (GAI) and the Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI) could have predictive value for certain ED domains. Our results confirmed a statistically significant prediction of the ΔGAI-CPI for individual DERS domains and for the total (<i>p</i> = 0.014 for DERS-TOT, <i>p</i> = 0.04 for GOALS, <i>p</i> = 0.002 for STRATEGIES and <i>p</i> = 0.015 for CLARITY); furthermore, IAG and PRI correlate with worse ability to find ER strategies (<i>p</i> = 0.04, <i>p</i> = 0.010). These results suggest the importance of examining the impact of cognitive vulnerabilities on the ability to manage emotions and psychopathology in general, even with normal FSIQ/GAI. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-72ed916c5e364e89b2f39da8694e726f2025-08-20T02:00:33ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252024-12-0114123087309810.3390/ejihpe14120202Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal BehaviorFlora Furente0Federica Annecchini1Emilia Matera2Sabrina Serafino3Giorgia Frigeri4Alessandra Gabellone5Lucia Margari6Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli7Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DIBRAIN), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DIBRAIN), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DIBRAIN), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DIBRAIN), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DIBRAIN), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DIBRAIN), University of Studies of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, ItalyEmotional dysregulation (ED) has not yet been defined as a clinical entity, although it plays an important role in child and adolescent psychopathology. It is a transdiagnostic construct defined as the inability to regulate the intensity and quality of emotions to produce an appropriate emotional response, to cope with excitability, mood instability, and emotional over-reactivity. The aim of this study is to assess, in a sample of female patients with internalizing disorders and suicidal behavior, the correlation between cognitive profile (assessed with Wechsler Scales) and the dimensions of emotion regulation assessed with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). We also investigated whether a discrepancy between the General Ability Index (GAI) and the Cognitive Proficiency Index (CPI) could have predictive value for certain ED domains. Our results confirmed a statistically significant prediction of the ΔGAI-CPI for individual DERS domains and for the total (<i>p</i> = 0.014 for DERS-TOT, <i>p</i> = 0.04 for GOALS, <i>p</i> = 0.002 for STRATEGIES and <i>p</i> = 0.015 for CLARITY); furthermore, IAG and PRI correlate with worse ability to find ER strategies (<i>p</i> = 0.04, <i>p</i> = 0.010). These results suggest the importance of examining the impact of cognitive vulnerabilities on the ability to manage emotions and psychopathology in general, even with normal FSIQ/GAI.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/14/12/202adolescentsemotion dysregulationself-harmsuicideWechsler scalescognitive profile |
| spellingShingle | Flora Furente Federica Annecchini Emilia Matera Sabrina Serafino Giorgia Frigeri Alessandra Gabellone Lucia Margari Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education adolescents emotion dysregulation self-harm suicide Wechsler scales cognitive profile |
| title | Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior |
| title_full | Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior |
| title_short | Cognitive Profile Discrepancy as a Possible Predictor of Emotion Dysregulation in a Clinical Sample of Female Adolescents with Suicidal Behavior |
| title_sort | cognitive profile discrepancy as a possible predictor of emotion dysregulation in a clinical sample of female adolescents with suicidal behavior |
| topic | adolescents emotion dysregulation self-harm suicide Wechsler scales cognitive profile |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/14/12/202 |
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