Emotion Dysregulation and Inflammation in African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Joint Authors

Powers, Abigail
Michopoulos, Vasiliki
Conneely, Karen
Gluck, Rachel
Dixon, Hayley
Wilson, Joseph
Jovanovic, Tanja
Pace, Thaddeus W. W.
Umpierrez, Guillermo E.
Ressler, Kerry J.
Bradley, Bekh
Gillespie, Charles F.

Source

Neural Plasticity

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-07-17

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

10

Main Subjects

Biology
Medicine

Abstract EN

C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, has been associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Emotion dysregulation is a transdiagnostic risk factor for many psychological disorders associated with chronic inflammatory state.

The objective of this study was to determine whether inflammation is associated with emotion dysregulation in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

We examined associations between trauma exposure, MDD, PTSD, emotion dysregulation, and CRP among 40 African-American women with T2DM recruited from an urban hospital.

Emotion dysregulation was measured using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale.

PTSD and MDD were measured with structured clinical interviews.

Child abuse and lifetime trauma load were also assessed.

Analyses showed that both emotion dysregulation and current MDD were significantly associated with higher levels of CRP ( p < 0.01 ).

Current PTSD was not significantly related to CRP.

In a regression model, emotion dysregulation was significantly associated with higher CRP ( p < 0.001 ) independent of body mass index, trauma exposure, and MDD diagnosis.

These findings suggest that emotion dysregulation may be an important risk factor for chronic inflammation beyond already known risk factors among women with T2DM, though a causal relationship cannot be determined from this study.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Powers, Abigail& Michopoulos, Vasiliki& Conneely, Karen& Gluck, Rachel& Dixon, Hayley& Wilson, Joseph…[et al.]. 2016. Emotion Dysregulation and Inflammation in African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113364

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Powers, Abigail…[et al.]. Emotion Dysregulation and Inflammation in African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes. Neural Plasticity No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113364

American Medical Association (AMA)

Powers, Abigail& Michopoulos, Vasiliki& Conneely, Karen& Gluck, Rachel& Dixon, Hayley& Wilson, Joseph…[et al.]. Emotion Dysregulation and Inflammation in African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes. Neural Plasticity. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1113364

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1113364