Prior research suggests that during adolescence a person's NED plunges to its lowest point, compared to that of younger children or adults. The team found that a low NED strengthens the link between stressful life events and depression, leading to reduced psychological well-being.īy focusing exclusively on adolescence, which marks a time of heightened risk for depression, the study zeroed in on a gap in the research to date. Once you know that information you can use it to help determine the best course of action, explains Starr: "It's going to help me predict how my emotional experience will unfold, and how I can best regulate these emotions to make myself feel better." A person has to integrate all that information to figure out - "am I feeling irritated," or "am I feeling angry, embarrassed, or some other emotion?" They communicate information about the person's motivational state, level of arousal, emotional valence, and appraisals of the threatening experience," says Starr. Those who score low on negative emotion differentiation tend to describe their feelings in more general terms such as "bad" or "upset." As a result, they are less able to benefit from useful lessons encoded in their negative emotions, including the ability to develop coping strategies that could help them regulate how they feel. "Adolescents who use more granular terms such as 'I feel annoyed,' or 'I feel frustrated,' or 'I feel ashamed' - instead of simply saying 'I feel bad' - are better protected against developing increased depressive symptoms after experiencing a stressful life event," explains lead author Lisa Starr, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Rochester.
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