Research Article

Emotion Dysregulation and Inflammation in African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Bivariate Pearson’s correlations () between variables of interest.

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Emotion dysregulation total
Nonacceptance of emotions0.82
Difficulty with goal-directed behavior0.820.56
Difficulty controlling impulses0.800.580.58
Lack of awareness of emotions0.650.330.470.44
Lack of emotion regulation strategies0.930.760.740.650.55
Lack of clarity of emotional experience0.890.690.650.680.510.83
Other trauma exposure−0.02−0.010.070.14−0.11−0.04−0.18
Child abuse severity0.320.400.310.200.150.230.270.38
hsCRP0.730.600.670.550.440.730.560.140.29
Body mass index0.210.140.140.060.320.240.14−0.040.130.40

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Note: emotion dysregulation was measured using DERS, child abuse severity was measured using CTQ, and trauma exposure was measured using TEI.