Suppression and acceptance in unipolar depression: Short-term and long-term effects on emotional responding.
Gabrielle I LiverantMatthew W GallagherKimberly A Arditte HallLaina E RosebrockShimrit K BlackShelley KindMaurizio FavaGary B KaplanBarbara W KamholzSuzanne L PinelesDenise M SloanPublished in: The British journal of clinical psychology (2021)
Results support short-term effectiveness and longer term costs from suppression use among depressed individuals. Findings may inform application of transdiagnostic emotion regulation treatments and suggest suppression functions differently in depressed versus other clinical populations.