Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) have difficulties regulating emotion on their own. As people also use social resources to regulate emotion (i.e., interpersonal emotion regulation [IER]), we examined whether these difficulties extend to IER in current and remitted MDD compared to those with no psychiatric disorders (i.e., controls). Adults with current MDD (n = 48), remitted MDD (n = 80), and controls (n = 87) assessed via diagnostic interviewing completed 2-week experience sampling, reporting on how frequently (IER frequency), from whom (sharing partners), and why (IER goals) they sought IER; how the sharing partners responded (sharing partner's extrinsic IER strategies and warmth); and how their feelings about the problem and the sharing partner changed following IER (IER outcomes). Using multilevel modeling, the current-MDD group did not differ from controls in IER frequency and sharing partners, but the current-MDD group demonstrated a more mixed (albeit generally adaptive) profile of received IER strategies and benefited similarly or more from certain IER strategies than the other two groups, suggesting that IER may be a promising avenue for effective emotion regulation in current MDD. The remitted-MDD group sought IER most frequently and demonstrated the most adaptive profile of received IER strategies, and they and the current-MDD group reported seeking more types of IER goals than controls. People with remitted MDD seem highly motivated to pursue IER support and their pursuit takes place in particularly supportive social contexts. Research is needed to examine mechanisms driving these group differences and how IER predicts the course of MDD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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抑郁症的情绪调节困难是否会延伸到社会环境？当前和缓解的重度抑郁症的日常人际情绪调节。


患有重度抑郁症 (MDD) 的人很难自行调节情绪。由于人们也使用社会资源来调节情绪（即人际情绪调节 [IER]），因此我们检查了与没有精神疾病的人（即对照）相比，这些困难是否会扩展到当前和缓解的 MDD 中的 IER。通过诊断访谈评估患有当前 MDD (n = 48)、已缓解 MDD (n = 80) 和对照组 (n = 87) 的成年人完成了为期 2 周的经验抽样，报告频率（IER 频率）、来自谁（共享伙伴） ），以及他们为何寻求 IER（IER 目标）；分享伙伴如何回应（分享伙伴的外在 IER 策略和热情）；以及他们对问题和分享伙伴的感受在 IER（IER 结果）之后发生了怎样的变化。使用多级建模，当前 MDD 组在 IER 频率和共享伙伴方面与对照组没有差异，但当前 MDD 组表现出所接受的 IER 策略的更加混合（尽管通常是适应性的）特征，并且从某些 IER 策略中受益类似或更多与其他两组相比，这表明 IER 可能是当前 MDD 有效情绪调节的一个有前途的途径。缓解型 MDD 组最常寻求 IER，并表现出对所接收的 IER 策略最具适应性的特征，并且他们和当前 MDD 组报告称，寻求比对照组更多类型的 IER 目标。 MDD 缓解患者似乎非常积极地寻求 IER 支持，并且他们的追求发生在特别支持的社会环境中。需要进行研究来检查驱动这些群体差异的机制以及 IER 如何预测 MDD 的病程。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。