scholarly journals Preschool children's views on emotion regulation: Functional associations and implications for social-emotional adjustment

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy A. Dennis ◽  
Deborah A. Kelemen
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Intentional Control ◽  
Maternal Report ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Children’S Views

Previous studies show that preschool children view negative emotions as susceptible to intentional control. However, the extent of this understanding and links with child social-emotional adjustment are poorly understood. To examine this, 62 3- and 4-year-olds were presented with puppet scenarios in which characters experienced anger, sadness, and fear. Forty-seven adults were presented with a parallel questionnaire. Participants rated the degree to which six emotion-regulation strategies were effective in decreasing negative emotions. Results showed that even the youngest preschoolers viewed cognitive and behavioral distraction and repairing the situation as relatively effective; compared to adults, however, preschoolers favored relatively “ineffective” strategies such as venting and rumination. Children also showed a functional view of emotion regulation; that effective strategies depend on the emotion being regulated. All participants favored repairing a negative situation to reduce anger and behavioral distraction to reduce sadness and fear. Finally, the more children indicated that venting would reduce negative emotions, the lower their maternal report of social skills. Findings are discussed in terms of functional emotion theory and implications of emotion-regulation understanding for child adjustment.

Positive and Negative Emotion Goals in Psychopathology

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
Yael Millgram ◽  
Maya Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Some forms of psychopathology involve deficits in emotion regulation. Whereas prior research has focused on identifying maladaptive emotion regulation strategies among people who are diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, this research focuses on identifying maladaptive emotion regulation goals. This chapter discusses preferences for sadness and happiness in clinical depression, a disorder characterized by the prevalence of negative emotions and the paucity of positive emotions. The chapter reviews empirical evidence suggesting that depressed individuals are more likely to direct emotion regulation toward increasing negative emotions rather than decreasing them. Next explored are possible maladaptive emotion regulation goals in other psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder. Finally discussed are the implications of these new ideas for research and practice in psychopathology.

scholarly journals Feel, think, teach – Emotional Underpinnings of Approaches to Teaching in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kordts-Freudinger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Oriented Approach

The paper investigates relations between higher education teachers’ approaches to teaching and their emotions during teaching, as well as their emotion regulation strategies. Based on the assumption that the approaches hinge on emotional experiences with higher education teaching and learning, three studies assessed teachers’ emotions, their emotion regulation strategies and their approaches to teaching with questionnaires. Study 1, with n = 145 German university teachers and teaching assistants, found relations between positive emotions and the student-oriented approach to teaching, but not with negative emotions. In addition, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression were related to the student-oriented approach. Study 2, with n = 198 German teachers, replicated these findings and, in addition, found relations between perspective taking, empathic concern and personal distress, and the student-oriented approach. Study 3, with n = 76 Australian and New Zealand teachers, again replicated and extended the findings by establishing a relation between negative emotions and the content-oriented approach to teaching. The results of all studies together indicate a significant emotional component of the approaches to teaching. Positive emotions are not only directly related to the student-oriented approach, but also partially mediate the relation between cognitive reappraisal and the student-oriented approach. This link seems to generalize to emotional components of empathy. In addition, the cultural-educational context seems to moderate the relations between negative emotions and the content-oriented approach to teaching. Limitations and directions for future research and educational practice are discussed.

The Influence of Daily Events on Emotion Regulation and Well-Being in Daily Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 014616722098088
Author(s):  
David B. Newman ◽  
John B. Nezlek
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Total N ◽  
Daily Events ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Positive And Negative Emotions

We examined within-person relationships among daily events, emotion regulation strategies, and well-being in daily life. Each day for 2 to 3 weeks, participants in two studies (total N = 445) reported the extent to which they reappraised and suppressed their positive and negative emotions, the types of events they experienced, and their well-being. Using multilevel modeling, we found that the extent to which people reappraised positive and negative emotions and suppressed negative emotions was positively related to the number/importance of daily positive events, whereas the suppression of positive emotions was negatively related. Furthermore, the positive relationships between well-being and reappraisal of positive and negative emotions and the suppression of negative emotions were stronger as the number of negative events increased. These results demonstrate that most emotion regulation strategies are employed when the day is going well but are most beneficial for people’s well-being when the day is not going well.

scholarly journals On What Do Therapists Agree? Assessing Therapist Evaluations of Emotion Regulation Strategy Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Southward ◽  
Anne C Wilson ◽  
Jennifer S. Cheavens
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Treatment Approach ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategy ◽  
Unified Process ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Objective: To develop more unified, process-based, and disseminable psychotherapy treatments, it is important to determine if there is consensus among therapists regarding intervention strategies. Design: Because emotion regulation is a cornerstone of modern treatments and a thriving area of clinical research, we assessed therapists’ ratings of the effectiveness of commonly studied emotion regulation strategies. Methods: Therapists (n = 582) read eleven vignettes describing stressful scenarios and rated the effectiveness of ten emotion regulation strategies in each scenario. Results: Across therapists, we found general consensus regarding the most (i.e., problem-solving) and least (i.e., concealing emotions) effective strategies. Cognitive/behavioral/third-wave therapists rated acceptance and distraction as more effective, and emotional expression and gathering information as less effective, than other therapists, Fs > 4.20, ps < .05, whereas hours of clinical experience were generally unrelated to strategy effectiveness ratings. Conclusions: We discuss what these points of agreement and relative disagreement among therapists reveal about a more unified, process-based treatment approach and how these results can guide emotion regulation research.

scholarly journals Emotion regulation can be costly. A study on the effects of emotion regulation strategies on impulsive purchases in consumers

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark van Overveld
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Neutral Group ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
Impulse Purchases ◽  
Regulation Strategies

In retail, emotion-fueled impulse purchases constitute a large part of everyday consumer purchases. Thus, emotion regulation training could benefit consumers to help to control their impulsive buying. Yet, emotion regulation strategies are not unequivocally associated with positive effects. Since research investigating emotion regulation in consumer contexts is scarce, the goal of this study is to examine whether emotion regulation training could be a valuable tool for consumers to help to limit impulse spending. Customers at a local supermarket were recruited and randomly assigned to three groups: re-appraisal (n = 50), suppression (n = 50) and neutral (n = 50). The results show that re-appraisal does not differ affect impulse purchasing whilst the suppression group made significantly more impulse purchases and spent more compared to the neutral group. Yet, trait re-appraisal was associated with reduced impulsive purchasing in consumers with higher levels of negative emotions. The findings confirm that suppression appears a maladaptive form of emotion regulation and suggest that re-appraisal training could be a valuable tool for consumers, particularly for consumers with high levels of negative affect

scholarly journals Cognitive emotion regulation in unaffected offspring of schizophrenic patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 4497
Author(s):  
Sudhir Kumar ◽  
Anil Gaur ◽  
Sandhyarani Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategy ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Suppression Strategy

Background: Schizophrenic patients are reported to use ‘suppression’ strategy for emotion regulation. Milder levels of psychological issues are observed in first degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia. In this study, we examined usage of cognitive emotion regulation strategies associated with negative emotions in offspring of schizophrenic patients.Method: 20 schizophrenic patients and 20 their offspring were sampled. Cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire and depression, stress, anxiety scales were administered on each participant.Results: The results revealed greater usage of adaptive emotion regulation strategies by offspring and negative strategy by schizophrenic patients. However, under conditions of negative emotions, there is significant reduction in the usage of adaptive coping emotion regulation strategy in the offspring.Conclusion: The results implicate need for strengthening adaptive coping mechanisms under vulnerable conditions of emotional turmoil.

Age Differences in Emotion Regulation During a Distressing Film Scene

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Hofer ◽  
Laetitia Burkhard ◽  
Mathias Allemand
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Manipulation Check ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Specific Emotion ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

Recent research has emphasized age differences in emotion regulation strategies. However, not much is known about age differences in the use of different regulation strategies during a highly distressing film scene that evokes strong negative emotions of anger and sadness. Therefore, we examined age differences in four situation-specific emotion regulation strategies – namely, rumination, distraction, suppression, and mediality (a form of media-specific reappraisal). A sample of 99 older and 108 younger participants reported their current emotional state, then watched a highly distressing film scene, and finally reported their emotional reactions to the scene and the emotion regulation strategies they used. The manipulation check indicated that the film was successful in eliciting strong negative emotions of sadness and anger. Furthermore, after securing measurement invariance, we found that older adults reported higher scores in mediality and suppression than younger adults. No differences were found concerning distraction and rumination. Results are discussed in the light of theoretical considerations.

One Size Does Not Fit All: Tailoring Cognitive Reappraisal to Different Emotions

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-484
Author(s):  
Allon Vishkin ◽  
Yossi Hasson ◽  
Yael Millgram ◽  
Maya Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Cognitive Reappraisal ◽  
Efficacy Study ◽  
Emotion Regulation Strategies ◽  
Perceived Efficacy ◽  
Specific Emotion ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Emotion regulation strategies have been typically studied independently of the specific emotions people try to change by using them. However, to the extent that negative emotions are inherently different from one another, people may choose different means to change them. Focusing on fear and sadness, we first mapped emotion-related content to theoretically matched reappraisal tactics. We then tested how frequently people choose such reappraisal tactics when regulating fear and sadness (Studies 1, 2, and 4a). As predicted, people were most likely to select reappraisal tactics that targeted content that was particularly relevant to the specific emotion they tried to regulate. Next, we tested whether such choices were driven by differences in the efficacy (Study 3), perceived efficacy (Study 4b), and anticipated effort (Study 4c) of regulation. Our findings demonstrate that the means people select to regulate their emotions depend on which emotions they try to regulate.

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