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The role of negative affectivity and negative reactivity to emotions in predicting outcomes in the unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders
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The present study aimed to understand the contributions of both the trait tendency to experience negative emotions and how one relates to such experience in predicting symptom change during participation in the Unified Protocol (UP), a transdiagnostic treatment for emotional disorders. Data were derived from a randomized controlled trial comparing the UP to a waitlist control/delayed-treatment condition. First, effect sizes of pre- to post-treatment change for frequency of negative emotions and several variables measuring reactivity to emotional experience (emotional awareness and acceptance, fear of emotions, and anxiety sensitivity) were examined. Second, the relative contributions of change in negative emotions and emotional reactivity in predicting symptom (clinician-rated anxiety, depression, and severity of principal diagnosis) reductions were investigated. Results suggested that decreases in the frequency of negative emotions and reactivity to emotions following participation in the UP were both large in magnitude. Further, two emotional reactivity variables (fear of emotions and anxiety sensitivity) remained significantly related to symptom outcomes when controlling for negative emotions, and accounted for significant incremental variance in their prediction. These findings lend support to the notion that psychological health depends less on the frequency of negative emotions and more on how one relates to these emotions when they occur. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
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“The UP addresses heightened negative reactivity to emotions by identifying maladaptive responses to emotions and developing more effective strategies to manage these experiences (Ellard et al., 2010).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Abstract
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- Supportedcites Ellard et al., 2010 source
The Development section says the UP seeks to identify and correct maladaptive attempts to regulate emotional experiences. The Study 2 Key Modifications section says it explores dysfunctional emotion-regulation strategies and teaches more adaptive skills; the Introduction identifies increased negative affect and maladaptive regulation as treatment targets. Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“Results suggested that decreases in the frequency of negative emotions and reactivity to emotions following participation in the UP were both large in magnitude.”
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“Results suggested that decreases in the frequency of negative emotions and reactivity to emotions following participation in the UP were both large in magnitude.”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Abstract
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“Change in the emotional reactivity variables targeted by the UP all represented large effects, as did change in negative affect”
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“While change in negative affect accounted for a significant amount of variance in predicting change in depression (22%)”
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“participants in the UP experienced decreased frequency of negative affect (PANAS-NA), fear of emotions (ACS), and sensitivity to anxiety symptoms (ASI) and increased awareness and acceptance of emotions (ERSQ).”
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“the addition of change in fear of emotions and assigned at step 2 accounted for an additional 42% of the variance”
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“participants in the UP experienced decreased frequency of negative affect (PANAS-NA), fear of emotions (ACS), and sensitivity to anxiety symptoms (ASI) and increased awareness and acceptance of emotions (ERSQ).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Results
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“Together, change in fear of emotions and sensitivity to anxiety accounted for an additional 25% of the variance in change in clinical severity”
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“participants in the UP experienced decreased frequency of negative affect (PANAS-NA), fear of emotions (ACS), and sensitivity to anxiety symptoms (ASI) and increased awareness and acceptance of emotions (ERSQ).”
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“The ACS has demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and convergent validity (Williams et al., 1997).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Method > Measures
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- Could not verifycites Williams et al., 1997 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The passages from “Latent Structure of Emotional Disorders” discuss affective dimensions, and “Preliminary Data” reports treatment outcomes; neither addresses the Affective Control Scale’s psychometric properties. Searches for the scale, internal consistency, convergent validity, and Williams et al. (1997) found no relevant passage in our copy. Page numbers were not available. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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“Emotional disorders are characterized by a tendency to experience steep increases in affect in response to environmental stimuli and, subsequently, interpret these emotional experiences as harmful (Andrews, 1990; Andrews, 1996; Brown & Barlow, 2009).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Abstract
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Andrews, 1990 source
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- Partly supportedcites Brown & Barlow, 2009 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In “A New Proposal for a Dimensional Classification System” (page unavailable), the paper describes discrete eruptions of emotion, including fear triggered by internal or external cues, and apprehension about anxiety or panic symptoms. These examples support parts of the claim, but the paper does not characterize emotional disorders generally as a sequence of sharp affective increases in response to environmental stimuli followed by interpreting those experiences as harmful. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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“This commonly used measure has demonstrated good levels of interrater and test-retest reliability, as well as convergent validity with similar clinician rated and self-report measures of depression symptoms (Shear et al., 2001).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Method > Measures
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- Partly supportedcites Shear et al., 2001 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Reliability section reports good HAM-A test–retest reliability (ICC 0.86) and interrater reliability (ICC 0.98). The Validity of SIGH-A as a Measure of Hamilton Anxiety Score section reports correlations with the clinician-rated SIGH-A and the self-report Beck Anxiety Inventory, but these measure anxiety, not depression symptoms. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Further, two emotional reactivity variables (fear of emotions and anxiety sensitivity) remained significantly related to symptom outcomes when controlling for negative emotions, and accounted for significant incremental variance in their prediction.”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Abstract
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“Further, two emotional reactivity variables (fear of emotions and anxiety sensitivity) remained significantly related to symptom outcomes when controlling for negative emotions, and accounted for significant incremental variance in their prediction.”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Abstract
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“Increased awareness and acceptance of emotions (ERSQ) was associated with decreases on depression and anxiety scores, but not on clinical severity scores.”
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“negative emotions and fear of emotions accounted for 10% and 7% of the variance in principal diagnosis severity rating, respectively, yet these predictors were not statistically significant.”
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“when entered into the model change in fear of emotions and sensitivity to anxiety accounted for significant additional variance (42%) and rendered negative affect no longer significant in the prediction of change in anxiety.”
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“Decreases in fear of emotions remained significantly associated with decreases in depression and anxiety (but not to clinical severity), while decreases in sensitivity to anxiety remained related to depression and clinical severity (but not to anxiety), after controlling for decreases in negative affect.”
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“Change in negative affect predicted 10% of the variance in clinical severity ratings but was not a statistically significant predictor.”
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“Findings from recent research suggest that the various symptoms of emotional disorders are in fact manifestations of common underlying factors. Such underlying factors include prominently the core temperamental dimension of neuroticism, an enduring tendency to experience negative affect (Brown, Chorpita, & Barlow, 1998; Gershuny & Sher, 1998; Kasch, Rottenberg, Arnow, & Gotlib, 2002; Watson, Clark”
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“All individuals were stable on the same dose for at least 3 months prior to enrolling in the study as a condition for participation in the study, and all agreed to maintain these dosages and medications for the duration of the study (for a description of medication stability compliance, see Farchione et al., in press).”
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“A hypothesized mechanism through which decreased negative reactivity may lead to improvements in psychological functioning is decreased emotional avoidance.”
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“In contrast, acknowledging, understanding, and accepting the full range of internal experience (without attempts to change or reduce it) is thought to be important for symptom reduction (Hayes, Follette, & Linehan, 2004).”
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- Not matchedcites Hayes, Follette, & Linehan, 2004
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“The ASI has demonstrated good internal consistency and convergent validity (Peterson & Reiss, 1987; Vujanovic, Arrindell, Bernstein, Norton, & Zvolensky, 2007).”
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- Not matchedcites Peterson & Reiss, 1987
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“As reported by Farchione et al. (in press), no group differences were observed for age or gender.”
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“The Unified Protocol (UP) for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional disorders is a cognitive-behavioral intervention recently developed to address anxiety, depression and related disorders (somatoform and dissociative disorders), or “emotional disorders” (Barlow et al., 2011).”
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- Not matchedcites Barlow et al., 2011
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“The ERSQ has demonstrated high internal consistency (α = .90) and adequate test-retest reliability (rtt = .75). Additionally, positive associations with well-being and negative associations with psychopathology and emotion-regulation deficits have provided construct validity for this measure (Berking, Wupperman, Reichard, et al. 2008; Berking & Znoj, 2008).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Berking, Wupperman, Reichard, et al. 2008 source
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“In fact, thought suppression has been associated with depression, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (Purdon, 1999).”
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“and that responses to mood shifts in daily life (rather than the moods themselves) have significant impact on the occurrence of depressive symptoms (Segal et al., 2002).”
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- Not matchedcites Segal et al., 2002
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“In the validation sample, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were high (α = .90; r = .71).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Method > Measures
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988 source
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“For example, deliberately trying to conceal emotions from others has been associated with less adaptive functioning and reduced well-being (Gross & John, 2003)”
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“Sixteen individuals were taking psychotropic medications at the time of enrollment and randomization.”
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“Thirty-two out of 37 patients were considered treatment completers (see Procedure section for treatment completer criteria).”
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“This measure has demonstrated excellent to acceptable interrater reliability for the anxiety and mood disorders (Brown, Di Nardo, Lehman, & Campbell, 2001).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Method > Measures
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“Further, behaviors such as self-harm, substance abuse, and binge eating, have also been conceptualized as maladaptive negative reactions to emotions with the goal of pushing away this experience (Hayes, Wilson, Gifford, Follette & Strosahl, 1996).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Abstract
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“data were only collected at pre- and post-treatment, so temporal interpretation is limited.”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Discussion
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“All therapists underwent extensive training and certification prior to treating study patients”
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“all treatment completers (immediate treatment and post-waitlist delayed treatment participants) were combined into a single sample”
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“treatment adherence was monitored during weekly supervision meetings.”
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“Overall, these results indicate that decreased levels of negative emotions as well as decreased reactivity to them both contribute to symptom change.”
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“Overall, these results suggest that both frequency of negative emotions and the extent to which one reacts strongly to them change to a large degree as a function of treatment with the UP.”
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“Independent evaluators who were trained to criterion reliability and blind to randomized condition, conducted semi-structured diagnostic clinical interviews and provided clinical ratings.”
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“This commonly used measure has demonstrated good levels of interrater and test-retest reliability (Williams, 1988), as well as concurrent validity with similar clinician rated and self-report measures of depression symptoms (Bech et al., 1992).”
§ The Role of Negative Affectivity and Negative Reactivity to Emotions in Predicting Outcomes in the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders > Method > Measures
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The question of whether symptom reductions depend on the frequency of negative emotions or on how they are managed has not been examined in a treatment outcome study.
“Despite being a central tenet of cognitive-behavioral therapy, the extent to which reductions in psychological symptoms are a function of the frequency of negative emotions or how they are managed has not been studied in the context of a treatment outcome study.”
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The Unified Protocol is thought to address neuroticism by reducing reactivity to emotional experience.
“Given that the UP is posited to address neuroticism, thought to be a stable dimension of personality (Costa & McCrae, 1992), by decreasing reactivity to emotional experience, it is important to clarify what is changing as a function of treatment: the frequency with which patients experience negative emotions, or how they relate to negative emotions when these experiences occur.”
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Fear of emotions, anxiety sensitivity, and emotional awareness/acceptance are related but distinct indicators of reactivity to emotion.
“It is important to emphasize that the constructs of fear of emotions, anxiety sensitivity, and emotional awareness/acceptance are related, yet distinct markers of reactivity to emotion.”
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Trait neuroticism is marked by frequent and intense negative emotions.
“High frequency and intensity of negative emotions characterize trait neuroticism.”
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The tendency to experience negative emotions is a trait construct that temporally precedes learning skills to reduce reactivity.
“based on the a priori conception that the tendency to experience negative emotions is a trait construct with temporal precedence over learning new skills to decrease reactivity.”
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Strong reactions to emotions cause symptoms of depression and anxiety.
“A priori assumptions that the tendency to experience negative emotions is a trait-level construct and that strong reactions to emotions leads to symptoms of depression and anxiety shaped the formulation of analyses in this study.”
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“Various studies have identified the role of recognition and acceptance of emotions in reducing the symptoms of disorders.”
From Emotion regulation as the mediator of reductions in anxiety and depression in the Unified Protocol (UP) for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: double-blind randomized clinical trial (2019) · cites this paper as [22]
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“Their results showed that improvement in how one reacts to one's emotions, more than reduction of negative emotions, can predict the severity of symptoms after treatment.”
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“Their results suggested that how people interact with negative emotions can better predict the treatment outcomes than the frequency of these emotions.”
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“Reductions in reactions to negative emotions (including fear of emotions and anxiety sensitivity) were significantly related to symptom change in the UP, above and beyond trait negative emotionality (Sauer-Zavala et al., 2012).”
From Within-person changes in aversive reactivity predict session-to-session reductions in anxiety and depression in the unified protocol. (2024) · cites this paper as Sauer-Zavala et al., 2012
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sauer-Zavala, S., Boswell, J. F., Gallagher, M. W., Bentley, K. H., Ametaj, A., & Barlow, D. H.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sauer-Zavala, Shannon
- ORCID
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 551-557
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3408841
- OpenAlex
- W2071566020
- Cited by
- 177
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R34MH070693, R01MH090053)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- negative affectivity, emotional reactivity, Unified Protocol, transdiagnostic treatment, emotional disorders, fear of emotions, anxiety sensitivity, emotional awareness, emotional acceptance, negative emotions, symptom change, anxiety, depression, treatment outcome prediction
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Clinical Protocols, Emotions, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Mood Disorders, Young Adult
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