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Is emotion regulation associated with cancer-related psychological symptoms?

Guimond, Anne-Josée, Ivers, Hans, Savard, Josée·2019·Psychology & Health

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the cross-sectional and prospective relationships between subjective (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression and experiential avoidance) and objective (high-frequency heart rate variability [HF-HRV]) measures of emotion regulation (ER) and a set of psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence [FCR], insomnia, fatigue, pain, and cognitive impairments) among women receiving radiation therapy for non-metastatic breast cancer. DESIGN: Eighty-one participants completed a battery of self-report scales within 10 days before the start of radiotherapy (T1) and within 10 days after its end (T2; approximately 6 weeks after T1). HF-HRV at rest was measured at T1. RESULTS: Canonical correlation analyses revealed that higher levels of experiential avoidance and expressive suppression were cross-sectionally associated with higher levels of all symptoms, except pain, at T1 and at T2 (both p's < 0.0001). Higher levels of suppression and reappraisal at T1 were marginally associated with reduced FCR and with increased depression and fatigue between T1 and T2 (p = 0.07). HF-HRV was not associated with symptoms cross-sectionally or prospectively. CONCLUSIONS: Although preliminary, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that maladaptive ER strategies, assessed subjectively, may cross-sectionally act as a transdiagnostic mechanism underlying several cancer-related psychological symptoms.

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Authors
Guimond, A.-J., Ivers, H., & Savard, J.
Affiliations
  • School of Psychology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada;
  • Université Laval (CA)
Corresponding author
Savard, Josée
Venue
Psychology & Health
Published
2018-12-05
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
44-63
ISSN
  • 0887-0446 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-8321
OpenAlex
W2902712684
Cited by
51
References
84
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
FWCI
0.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychology and Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé
  • Psychosocial Oncology Research Training Program
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Keywords
emotion regulation, breast cancer, radiotherapy, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, experiential avoidance, heart rate variability, anxiety, depression, fear of cancer recurrence, fatigue, insomnia, women
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Prospective Studies

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