“My baseline affect is displeasure”: A qualitative study of affect regulation in people with substance use disorders.

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Sunniva E. Christiansen · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Anita Skarstad · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Sverre Georg Sæther · Tactus Verslavingszorg

Linn Okkenhaug Getz · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Charlotte Fiskum · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Using the theoretical framework of the process model of affect regulation, the most evident difficulties can be described as impairments of metaregulation of affect. This study nuances the affect regulation hypothesis and encourages further research on the hypothesis of metaregulation of affect in the population with SUD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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Published in: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

DOI: 10.1037/adb0001140

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“My baseline affect is displeasure”: A qualitative study of affect regulation in people with substance use disorders.

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