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Given their role in treatment engagement, symptom reduction, and relapse prevention, we examine EF and ER interrelationships in these disorders.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Participants (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic>\n                      = 27 depressive/anxiety disorders,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic>\n                      = 27 nonclinical group) underwent psychiatric screening and assessments of symptom severity, EF (set-shifting, response inhibition [RI], working memory [WM], verbal fluency, planning), and ER (severity, strategies, situational ER following emotion induction). Mann–Whitney\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">U</jats:italic>\n                      -test/\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t</jats:italic>\n                      -test was used for group comparisons, and Pearson’s/Spearman’s test was used for correlations.\n                    </jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The clinical group showed lower WM (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.94,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .001), verbal fluency (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.7,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .01), and RI (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.35,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .02); greater ER difficulties (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = −1.40,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001), greater negative ER strategy use of catastrophizing (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.55,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001); and on the emotion-induction task—higher use of acceptance, other-blame, but no positive reappraisal. The nonclinical group showed greater positive ER strategy use of refocus on plan (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.53,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001) and no use of rumination on the emotion-induction task. The severity of ER difficulties correlated with poorer WM (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .006); acceptance as an ER strategy correlated with poorer RI (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .02). EF and ER difficulties and maladaptive strategies were significantly higher in the depression/anxiety group.\n                    </jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings extend prior research by providing actionable insights for tailored interventions and merit testing in larger samples. With poorer WM linked to greater ER difficulties and inefficient RI to passive acceptance, interventions such as cognitive training may enhance ER.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>","journal":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","year":2025,"id":644865,"datarank":0.24141568686511508,"base_score":1.6094379124341003,"endowment":1.6094379124341003,"self_citation_contribution":0.24141568686511508,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.24141568686511508,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":4,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1678743,"name":"Himani Kashyap","orcid":"0000-0002-3484-5998","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":481217,"name":"Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta","orcid":"0000-0002-2252-9189","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1678744,"name":"Binu V.S.","orcid":"0000-0002-1159-6933","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1678742,"name":"Tanisha Shetty","orcid":"0000-0002-9484-5404","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"Executive Function and Emotion Regulation in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study","abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Executive function (EF) and emotion regulation (ER) deficits are prevalent in depressive and anxiety disorders, suggesting a transdiagnostic role. Given their role in treatment engagement, symptom reduction, and relapse prevention, we examine EF and ER interrelationships in these disorders.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Participants (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic>\n                      = 27 depressive/anxiety disorders,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n</jats:italic>\n                      = 27 nonclinical group) underwent psychiatric screening and assessments of symptom severity, EF (set-shifting, response inhibition [RI], working memory [WM], verbal fluency, planning), and ER (severity, strategies, situational ER following emotion induction). Mann–Whitney\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">U</jats:italic>\n                      -test/\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t</jats:italic>\n                      -test was used for group comparisons, and Pearson’s/Spearman’s test was used for correlations.\n                    </jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The clinical group showed lower WM (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.94,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .001), verbal fluency (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.7,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .01), and RI (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.35,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .02); greater ER difficulties (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = −1.40,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001), greater negative ER strategy use of catastrophizing (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.55,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001); and on the emotion-induction task—higher use of acceptance, other-blame, but no positive reappraisal. The nonclinical group showed greater positive ER strategy use of refocus on plan (Cohen’s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">d</jats:italic>\n                      = 0.53,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001) and no use of rumination on the emotion-induction task. The severity of ER difficulties correlated with poorer WM (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .006); acceptance as an ER strategy correlated with poorer RI (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p</jats:italic>\n                      = .02). EF and ER difficulties and maladaptive strategies were significantly higher in the depression/anxiety group.\n                    </jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings extend prior research by providing actionable insights for tailored interventions and merit testing in larger samples. With poorer WM linked to greater ER difficulties and inefficient RI to passive acceptance, interventions such as cognitive training may enhance ER.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>","is_dataset_classified":null,"base_score":1.6094379124341003,"endowment":1.6094379124341003,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"40520448","pmcid":"PMC12162532","openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W4411194857","authors":[],"funders":[],"total_grants":0,"fwci":5.0445,"citation_percentile":0.94998134,"influential_citations":0,"citation_trend":[{"year":2025,"count":2},{"year":2026,"count":2}],"oa_status":"gold","license":"cc-by-nc","oa_locations":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251340586","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251340586","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02537176251340586","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/02537176251340586","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40520448","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/12162532","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12162532","host_type":"Europe_PMC"},{"url":"https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12162532?pdf=render","host_type":"Europe_PMC"}],"fields_of_study":["Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes","Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development","Mental Health Research Topics"],"mesh_terms":[],"keywords":["Rumination","Psychology","Anxiety","Clinical psychology","Verbal fluency test","Expressive Suppression","Executive dysfunction","Executive functions","Psychological intervention","Worry","Cognitive reappraisal","Psychiatry","Cognition","Neuropsychology","Depression","Emotion Regulation","Anxiety Disorder","Executive Function","Emotion Induction"],"sdg_mappings":[{"sdg_number":0,"sdg_label":"No poverty"}],"linked_datasets":[],"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"database_accessions":[],"source":"live","citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-08-09T02:18:53.796822Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}