Emotion Regulation and Emotion Perception

Evaluating the Impact of an Emotion Regulation Intervention on Emotion Perception

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a brief, emotion regulation intervention on the ability to perceive other people's emotions.

Decision to close enrollment was made on January 2, 2020.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. ages 18-55;
2. have a smartphone and agree to receive text-messages;
3. have difficulty with their relationships or social interactions;
4. high emotion dysregulation, assessed with the Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)(Gratz & Roemer, 2004) with scores over 90.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Current mania;
2. Meets full criteria for any current psychotic disorder;
3. Currently/chronically homeless;
4. Current suicidal ideation;
5. Psychiatric hospitalization within past 6 months;
6. Unable to read, blind or deaf. Our previous study recruited only participants who were currently in treatment, but this study will include both participants who are currently in treatment, as well as those who are not in treatment.
7. high self-reported autistic traits, as assessed by the Autism Spectrum Quotient (Auyeung & Baron-Cohen, 2012).