Emotion dysregulation is often considered a core characteristic of individuals with borderline
personality disorder (BPD). With the development and strength of a contemporary affective …

Maladaptive cognitive processes, including selective attention and memory, distorted beliefs
and interpretations, and thinking processes such as rumination and thought suppression …

Abstract The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item self-report measure of 2
emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is a …

Alexithymia is an important mental health construct, but there is continuing debate regarding
its definition and measurement. We attempt to resolve this definitional uncertainty in two …

Alexithymia is a trait comprising people's ability to focus attention on and accurately
appraise their own emotions. Its assessment is of clinical interest because people who have …

Emotion regulation problems underlie the abnormal levels of negative or positive emotion
that characterise many forms of psychopathology. Several self-report measures of emotion …

Neuroticism--the tendency to experience negative emotions, along with the perception that
the world is filled with stressful, unmanageable challenges--is strongly associated with …

The Perth Emotional Reactivity Scale (PERS) is a newly developed 30-item self-report
measure of emotional reactivity (affective style). The PERS measures the typical ease of …

Abstract The 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is a self-report questionnaire
designed to measure the three components of alexithymia; difficulty identifying feelings in …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe, difficult-to-treat psychiatric condition that
represents a large proportion of treatment-seeking individuals. BPD is characterized by high …