Emotion perception, emotion regulation variability and flexibility modulate the effect of stressful life events on the course of illness in affective disorders (B01)

• Subject Area: Clinical Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 521379614

Maladaptive cognitive-emotional mechanisms drive symptom changes in affective disorders. The impact of emotion perception biases and varied emotion regulation strategies remains unclear. We propose that patients with affective disorders exhibit irregular emotional functioning, signaling an emotional risk profile. In the face of stressful life events, adaptive emotional functioning becomes crucial to prevent symptom worsening. The project investigates how emotional functioning during stressful events affects the progression of affective disorders, studying behavior and neural systems longitudinally.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 393: Trajectories of Affective Disorders: Cognitive-emotional Mechanisms of Symptom Change
• Applicant Institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Stefan Ehrlich, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Andreas Jansen; Dr. Elisabeth Johanna Leehr