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Teen Emotion-Regulation Profiles Predicted Anxiety and Depression

by GLOOM

A 2026 longitudinal study involving 951 adolescents found 5 emotion-regulation profiles, not the 3-profile structure the researchers expected, and the clearest mental-health separation came from the adaptive and maladaptive profiles.1 Teen coping looked less like a single good-versus-bad scale and more like a pattern of motives, strategies, and beliefs about whether those strategies work. Research …

The Human Affectome: A Unifying Framework of Emotions (2023 Research)

by GLOOM

bThe field of affective sciences, studying emotions, moods, and feelings, has long been fragmented due to diverse theoretical perspectives. A new framework, known as the Human Affectome, proposes a unifying approach grounded in a teleological principle, aiming to cohesively understand human affective phenomena. This framework not only organizes existing research but also sets a direction …