Individual differences in emotion regulation: Personal tendency in strategy selection is related to implementation capacity and well-being.

This study is the first to provide experimental evidence that a person’s tendency to select a particular ER strategy is associated with the person’s capacity to implement it successfully. Moreover, based on experimental data, we confirm an association between reappraisal tendency and mental health that has previously been suggested by questionnaire studies. This points to regulatory selection as a potential target for interventions fostering resilience and mental health. In the next step, intervention studies should clarify whether the association reflects a causal influence of regulation tendency on resilience. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Emotion - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research