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Emotionsregulation

Konzepte, Modellvorstellungen und aktuelle Befunde bei ADHS

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1024/2235-0977/a000178

Zusammenfassung. Obwohl inzwischen durchaus ein Konsensus darüber besteht, dass Emotionen und Emotionsregulation von klinischer Relevanz für die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) im Kindes- und Erwachsenenalter und deren Verlauf sind, existieren in der Literatur noch sehr unterschiedliche Vorstellungen über die Konzeption von Emotion, Emotionsregulation und die Dysfunktionen, die in diesen Bereichen bei ADHS von Bedeutung sein können. Im vorliegenden ersten Teil unserer Übersichtsarbeit werden wir zunächst darlegen, warum Emotionen und Emotionsregulation klinisch relevant sind. Anschließend werden das gängige Modell der Emotionsregulation von Gross (2015) und drei konkurrierende Modellvorstellungen (Shaw et al., 2014) über den Zusammenhang von ADHS und Emotionsregulation skizziert. Ausgehend von der Modellannahme, dass Emotionen zeitlich begrenzte, qualitativ beschreibbare Zustände sind, die mit einer Veränderung auf Ebene der Gefühle, des Ausdrucks und körperlicher Zustände einhergehen, werden wir zunächst einen narrativen Überblick zum aktuellen Forschungsstand für die Emotionskomponenten des Erlebens und Ausdrucks geben und diesen in Hinblick auf Anwendung und zukünftige Forschung diskutieren.


Emotion Regulation: Concepts, models and current findings in ADHD

Abstract. Although there is a consensus that emotions and emotion regulation are of clinical relevance for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in both, children and adults, no consensus has been reached on how to conceptualize dysfunctions in this domain with respect to ADHD. In the current review, we first of all outline why emotions and emotion regulation are clinically relevant, and then turn to the current model of emotion generation and regulation by Gross (2015) and present three competing models as introduced by Shaw et al., (2014) to explain the overlap between emotion dysregulation and ADHD. As we stick to the definition of emotion as temporally limited, qualitative states that are associated with a change on the level of feelings, expression and physical states, we will provide a narrative overview of the current state of research for each of the emotion components with a focus on the experience and expression of emotions.

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