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Yet little is known about emotion regulation in adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Our aim was to investigate emotion regulation in adults with CP and its relationship with condition-related and\/or socio-demographic factors. In a cross-sectional study of adults with CP, participants completed a survey containing the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), and socio-demographic and condition-related questions. Descriptive statistics, chi-squared and Mann\u2013Whitney tests were performed. Of the 42 adults with CP (x31.5 years, SD13.5) that were tested, 38 had within normal limits DERS total scores; however, a significantly higher proportion of participants experienced elevated scores (i.e., more difficulties with emotion regulation) than would be expected in the general population across five of the six DERs subdomains. Moderate\u2013extremely severe depression and anxiety symptoms were reported by 33% and 60% of participants, respectively. The DERS total scores for participants with elevated depression, anxiety, and stress scores were significantly higher than the DERS totals score for those without elevated depression, anxiety, and stress scores. DERS and DASS-21 scores did not differ significantly by condition-related nor socio-demographic characteristics. In conclusion, emotion regulation difficulties were associated with elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety, which were overrepresented in the adults with CP participating in this study.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12072527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,28]],"date-time":"2023-03-28T01:41:34Z","timestamp":1679967694000},"page":"2527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Emotion Regulation Is Associated with Anxiety, Depression and Stress in Adults with Cerebral Palsy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8803-8094","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ingrid","family":"Honan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"},{"name":"Australian Centre for Health, Independence, Economic Participation and Value Enhanced Care for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP-Achieve), Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8027-6183","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emma","family":"Waight","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joan","family":"Bratel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fiona","family":"Given","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nadia","family":"Badawi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"},{"name":"Grace Centre for Newborn Care, The Children\u2019s Hospital at Westmead, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"McIntyre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hayley","family":"Smithers-Sheedy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"8","article-title":"A report: The definition and classification of cerebral palsy April 2006","volume":"109","author":"Rosenbaum","year":"2007","journal-title":"Dev. 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