Abstract Objective and Method: Research on emotion and pain has burgeoned. We review
the last decade's literature, focusing on links between emotional processes and persistent …

This paper considers the role of disturbances in affect regulation in the development and
course of somatoform disorders. We first give an overview of contemporary theories in the …

Objective: The goal of this article is to provide insight into how recent findings from affective
science may be translated into the health arena. Methods: We first review definitional issues …

This paper presents a broad overview of the expressive writing paradigm. Since its first use
in the 1980s, dozens of studies have explored the parameters and boundary conditions of its …

There is a long history in psychology and medicine linking the occurrence of traumatic
experiences with subsequent physical and mental health problems. What is it about a …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of undifferentiated and dysregulated affects in
somatoform disorders by using a multimethod assessment approach of alexithymia …

This paper sets out the case that personality traits are central to health psychology. To
achieve this, three aims need to be addressed. First, it is necessary to show that personality …

The current study assessed main effects and moderators (including emotional
expressiveness, emotional processing, and ambivalence over emotional expression) of the …

Assessing emotional intelligence Page 2 The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality Series
Editors Donald H. Saklofske, Ph. D Division of Applied Psychology University of Calgary …

OBJECTIVE: Disturbances in emotional functioning may contribute to psychological and
physical symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia. This study examined emotions and emotion …