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  • Psychology
  • Stress and Emotion Regulation

Background:

  • Cultural norms often devalue stress, promoting avoidance.
  • Existing stress regulation strategies focus on reduction or avoidance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and integrate a novel stress optimization framework.
  • To reframe stress from a negative experience to a potentially beneficial one.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of stress mindset and reappraisal theories.
  • Application of the extended process model of emotion regulation.

Main Results:

  • Altering the valuation of stress shifts regulatory goals from reduction to optimization.
  • Individuals can flexibly employ diverse regulation tactics for goal achievement.

Conclusions:

  • Stress optimization offers a new paradigm for managing stress.
  • This framework facilitates achieving valued outcomes by optimizing stress responses.