• About
  • Policies
  • What is openaccess
  • Library
  • Contact
Advanced search
      View Item 
      •   BUIR Home
      • Scholarly Publications
      • Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center (BAM)
      • View Item
      •   BUIR Home
      • Scholarly Publications
      • Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center (BAM)
      • View Item
      JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

      The relationship between ruminating the catastrophic consequences of bodily changes and positive reappraisal and practical problem-solving strategies in individuals with illness anxiety disorder

      Thumbnail
      View / Download
      697.5 Kb
      Author
      Elhamiasl, M.
      Dehghani, M.
      Heidari, M.
      Khatibi, Ali
      Date
      2020-09
      Source Title
      Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
      Print ISSN
      2008-126X
      Electronic ISSN
      2228-7442
      Publisher
      Iran University of Medical Sciences
      Volume
      11
      Issue
      5
      Pages
      639 - 648
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
      Item Usage Stats
      13
      views
      2
      downloads
      Abstract
      Introduction: Cognitive emotion regulation is suggested to contribute to Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD). Reappraisal and suppression are essential ER strategies with controversial data about their roles in IAD. Relevant studies are mostly limited to exploring these two strategies in individuals without such disorder. Therefore, we aimed to study the role of emotion regulation in the psychopathology of IAD by evaluating other ER strategies in illnessanxious individuals. Furthermore, we investigated the relationship between IAD and emotion regulation by targeting the role of interpretation bias for health-related information. Methods: The study participants were 60 university students. They underwent a semistructured clinical interview to assess the presence or absence of IAD symptoms (n=30/ group). They completed a battery of questionnaires measuring IAD, emotion regulation, and interpretation bias. Results: The illness-anxious group applied significantly less reappraisal and refocus on planning and more rumination, catastrophizing, and acceptance strategies, compared to the controls. Besides, interpretation bias was positively correlated with rumination and catastrophizing; while its association with reappraisal and planning was negative. Conclusion: Both functional (e.g. reappraisal & planning) and dysfunctional strategies (e.g. rumination & catastrophizing) contributed to the psychopathology of IAD. The biased interpretation of bodily information could make individuals prone to ruminate about the catastrophic consequences of bodily changes; such conditions interrupt fostering more positive reappraisal or practical problem-solving strategies.
      Keywords
      Illness anxiety disorder
      Emotion regulation
      Interpretation bias
      Catastrophizing
      Bodily symptoms
      Permalink
      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/75535
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/bcn.9.10.240
      Collections
      • Aysel Sabuncu Brain Research Center (BAM) 197
      • Department of Psychology 171
      • National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM) 199
      Show full item record

      Browse

      All of BUIRCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsAdvisorsBy Issue DateKeywordsTypeDepartmentsThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsAdvisorsBy Issue DateKeywordsTypeDepartments

      My Account

      Login

      Statistics

      View Usage StatisticsView Google Analytics Statistics

      Bilkent University

      If you have trouble accessing this page and need to request an alternate format, contact the site administrator. Phone: (312) 290 1771
      © Bilkent University - Library IT

      Contact Us | Send Feedback | Off-Campus Access | Admin | Privacy