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Published on: August 26, 2011
Better together: a unified perspective on appraisal and emotion regulation
Jennifer Yih1,2, Andero Uusberg1, Jamie L Taxer1
1a Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences , Stanford University , Stanford , CA , USA.
Abstract:
Advances in our understanding of appraisal processes and emotion regulation have been two of the most important contributions of research on cognition and emotion in recent decades. Interestingly, however, progress in these two areas has been less mutually informative than one might expect or desire. To help remedy this situation, we provide an integration of appraisal theory and the process model of emotion regulation by describing parallel, interacting and iterative systems for emotion generation and emotion regulation. Outputs of the emotion generation system are perceived by the emotion regulation system, and emotion regulation strategies then modulate emotion by intervening at specific stages of the emotion generation system, ultimately changing appraisal dimensions. We hope that our unified perspective will encourage and guide future research at the interface of cognition and emotion.
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