Emotion Regulation Deficits Are Transdiagnostic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis across Psychiatric Disorders

Poster Session V

Friday May 23, 2025 (19:30 - 20:30 ET)
Keyword: Psychopathology

Abstract: We conducted a meta-analysis of 188 studies (11,201 cases, 9,609 controls) on emotion regulation in psychiatric disorders. Significant impairments were found, with the largest effect size in borderline personality disorder (SMD = 2.55) and the smallest in bipolar disorder (SMD = 0.94). Emotion regulation deficits are transdiagnostic across conditions.