Healing Words: Using Affect Labeling to Reduce the Effects of Unpleasant Cues on Symptom Reporting in IBS Patients
Healing Words: Using Affect Labeling to Reduce the Effects of Unpleasant Cues on Symptom Reporting in IBS Patients
E. Constantinou,K. Bogaerts,3 Authors,O. Van den Bergh
2015 · DOI: 10.1007/s12529-014-9449-8
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · 27 Citations
TLDR
Findings indicate that the mere presentation of unpleasant cues can induce elevated symptom reports in IBS patients, and provide modest support for the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies in reversing these effects ofpleasant cues in patients suffering from functional syndromes.