The phrase "affect regulation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in psychological or emotional contexts to refer to the ability to manage and respond to emotional experiences.
Example: "Therapists often work with clients on affect regulation to help them cope with intense emotions."
Alternatives: "emotion regulation" or "emotional control".
Group therapy that teaches affect regulation may enhance incarcerated women's ability to achieve affective resolution (forgiveness) while also reducing their victimization-related PTSD and associated symptoms.
Effects of prematurity on infant attention and affect regulation were discussed.
Attachment styles reflect individual differences in beliefs about self and others, interpersonal functioning and affect regulation.
Repetitive behaviors and poor affect regulation are commonly seen in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
When these early experiences go in a positive way, it leads to greater resilience in things like affect regulation, stress regulation, social communication and empathy.
We anticipated that this relationship would be mediated through problems in affect regulation, consistent with the view that the presence of abuse in the parent child relationship would derail the development of adaptive affect regulation.
Lesions of the hypothalamus affect regulation of metabolism, including water and solute control, sexual activity, and appetite for food.
By combining psychophysics, computational modeling and brain imaging we explore the circuit mechanisms of a multitude of cognitive constructs, including self control, affect regulation, and reward-related processes.
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the affect regulation strategies of emotional control and impulsivity predict susceptibility to eating in response to stress.
In unipolar and bipolar forms of COD, unusual affective modulation or maintenance of the startle response, respectively, may reflect underlying deficits in affect regulation.
This theoretical framework is then used to elucidate the cognitive emotional mechanisms underpinning three disorders of affect regulation: depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
