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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
Individual differences in negative affect repair
Scott H Hemenover1, Adam A Augustine, Tirza Shulman
1Western Illinois University, Department of Psychology, Macomb, IL 61455-1390, USA. SH-Hemenover@wiu.edu
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|August 30, 2008
Summary
Individual differences in negative affect regulation are linked to affect repair ability. Higher expectancies and better emotional understanding enhance mood repair, improving emotional well-being.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Affective Science
- Emotion Regulation
Background:
- Individual differences in negative affect are partly explained by affect repair ability.
- Three regulatory traits—negative mood regulation expectancies, monitoring, and labeling—are hypothesized to predict affect repair ability.
- No prior experimental research has investigated the link between these traits and repair ability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To experimentally examine whether negative mood regulation expectancies, monitoring, and labeling predict affect repair ability.
- To investigate individual differences in the capacity to repair negative affect.
- To explore the impact of these traits on changes in negative and positive affect.
Main Methods:
- Two studies were conducted with participant samples of 305 and 146 individuals.
- Participants viewed negative affect-inducing videos.
- Participants completed either a mood repair or a control writing task and reported affect before and after the task.
Main Results:
- Significant individual differences in affect repair ability were observed.
- Participants with high expectancies of repair success showed greater decreases in negative affect and increases in positive affect.
- Individuals who monitored and labeled their emotions effectively also demonstrated enhanced mood repair.
Conclusions:
- Negative mood regulation expectancies, monitoring, and labeling are significant predictors of affect repair ability.
- These findings contribute to understanding individual differences in emotion regulation strategies.
- The results have implications for future research on mood repair and emotional well-being.
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