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Emotional Comprehension Is Not Related to Duration of Distress from Daily Life Events

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  • Jaume Vives

    (Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    Sport Research Institute UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

  • Cristina Morales

    (Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

  • Neus Barrantes-Vidal

    (Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    Department of Mental Health, Fundació Sanitària Sant Pere Claver, 08004 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain)

  • Sergi Ballespí

    (Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent insight (i.e., mentalization referring to one’s own mental state) moderates recovering from daily life events. A total of 110 participants (84.5% women; mean age: M = 21.5; SD = 3.2) filled in the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R), and were interviewed about impairment derived from daily life events (everyday life stresses) during the past year. Multivariate regression models were adjusted for neuroticism, sex, and socioeconomic status to analyze whether different degrees of insight moderated the relationship between the intensity and the duration of emotional distress. Results showed that the global measure of insight did not moderate recovering from daily-life distress. Regarding the subdimensions, attention to emotional reactions was related to an increased duration of distress. Results showed that, against our hypothesis, deeper comprehension of emotional reactions, operationalized here as “true insight”, was not associated to faster recovery. Limitations and recommendations for further studies are discussed considering these results.

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  • Jaume Vives & Cristina Morales & Neus Barrantes-Vidal & Sergi Ballespí, 2021. "Emotional Comprehension Is Not Related to Duration of Distress from Daily Life Events," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:2:p:459-:d:476962
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