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JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 60-66Publisher
HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000087
Keywords
emotion regulation; EEG; long-range temporal correlations (LRTC)
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- Spanish Government [PSI2009-12711]
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Several studies have reported differences in long-range temporal correlations of EEG oscillations between depressed and nondepressed individuals. The question remains unsolved whether these differences are also linked to negative emotion regulation strategies that configure a depressive style. In this study we applied detrended fluctuation analysis to the amplitude envelope of broad band and narrow band (theta and alpha) spontaneous EEG oscillations of a sample (N = 56) of young nondepressed adults to whom several emotion regulation and depression questionnaires were administered. Linear positive correlations between the scaling exponents of both broad band and theta band oscillations and negative emotion regulation strategies and depression scores were found. These results suggest that previously found differences between depressed and nondepressed individuals may exist before depression manifests, as differences could be linked to a negative emotion regulation style that in some cases could lead to the development of a depressive disorder.
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