PSY331 - 6. Emotion Regulation Flashcards

Question

Cognitive Change (Gross & John, 2003)

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People who use cognitive reappraisal report: | Increased dispositional positive affect

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Decreased negative affect Increased life satisfaction Lower risk of depression

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Peer-rated likeability Increased sharing of emotions with others Closer relationships to others

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forgiveness humour release tension - getting rid of grudge

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Influencing physiological, experiential, or behavioural responses relatively directly (emotion-focused coping).

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emotion focused | rather than dealing problem

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Sheppard et al. (1997) – Ps either: a) went through 12-week meditation program b) spent same amount of time listening to lectures about stress reduction

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exercises, breathing, drinking | Only meditation group had long lasting decreases in anxiety and depression

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Venting/Catharsis: often increases emotion encouraging crying in sad movies leads to more sadness venting have more anxiety in interpersonal relationships contempt is the worst you can vent in interpersonal relationships

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at the moment it feels good, but create emotional baggage more you learn initial reaction is anger, then the more you practice that as your primary reaction underventers: first time they articulated their feelings, most likely awareness that leads to positive effect

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Richards and Gross (1999) Ps saw slides including badly wounded men ½ of Ps suppressed emotional responses occupation, name, how they got wounded

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DVs: a) sympathetic arousal b) recall of information c) confidence in memory

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suppress response: increased sympathetic arousal, poor recall, ones they did get right felt less confidence in memory constantly thinking about whether you are showing cognitive consequences: poorer recall + attention

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IV Suppress: Suppress behaviours while watching a film about a husband having an affair. “I will show you the film clip in just a moment.

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Please watch + listen to it carefully. In addition, it is extremely important that if you have any feelings as you watch the film clip, please try your best not to let those feelings show.

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In other words, as you watch the film clip, please try to | behave in such a way that a person watching you would not know you are feeling anything at all.

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So, watch the film clip carefully, but please try to behave so that someone watching you would not know you are feeling anything at all.”

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child witnesses fight and sobs 1/2 told to surpress IV Control: Just watch the film

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memory for this film and confidence in memory increased in control and decreased in suppression

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Looked at slides of injured people. | Told the person’s name, occupation, and accident.

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keep a straight face by controlling facial muscles adopt neutral attitude detached interest of medical profession see them objectively

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adopt neutral attitude detached interest of medical profession see them objectively

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suppression had worst memory reappraisal: worse than watch but better than suppress better to reappraise than suppress

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Suppressing emotional thoughts rebound effect? Wegner and Gold (1995) Part 1: Think aloud about a hot flame vs. cold flame

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Part 2: ½ suppress thoughts of flame; ½ told to keep thinking about the flame Part 3: Everyone instructed to think about flame again

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natural defence: suppress thoughts rebound: after spending so much energy on suppressing, brain is so primed, when guard is down, everything will remind you of thought

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think of ex: hot or cold flame | part 2: report amount of slip ups

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Thought rebound for cold flame suppressors - they | thought about the cold flame more after suppression.

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``` Hot flame ps talked about the flame no matter which condition (i.e., no distinct thought rebound effect due to suppression). ```

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cold: more rebound after supression | Hot flame suppressors showed increased physiological rebound when thought resurfaced.

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hot flame: suppressed hot flame had physiological stress reaction counterproductive effect on physiology (physiological rebound)

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Pennebaker (1997) ½ an hour a day for 3-5 days writing about deepest thoughts/feelings about intensely upsetting experiences

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same amount of time writing about unemotional topics Felt upset, but nearly all Ps said writing about emotional experiences was valuable Ill less often, drank less alcohol, got better grades

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journaling working through problems - not having stress response thinking about stress event - working through it

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works best when working through emotion rather than ruminating writing about positive experience makes you feel better for months

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Luminet et al. (2000) – Friends came in same-sex pairs One P watched an emotional film clip while facial reactions recorded IV: emo level: High = tourists kill a monkey and eat its brain

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Moderate = cockfight Low = life in the Himalayas Other P did an irrelevant task in another room

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DV: Friends brought together in a waiting room; conversation taped stay healthier more depressed = more lonely

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report talking to somebody during day emotional experience more intense emotion more likely to talk to someone DV: who talked the most (high)

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Amount of social sharing positively correlated with intensity of Ps’ facial reactions

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Amount of social sharing is not related to a reduction in intensity of feelings toward /arousal from an event (emotional recovery).

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intense films: talked most lasted into minute 2, but dissipated after looked really horrified, talked about it more

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social sharing amplifies emotion because you’re reliving it feels bad in short term, but long term beneficial: work through emotion integrate it to our understanding of the world

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comparing reactions - maybe i need to reinterpret situation. am i reacting right? interpret ambiguous feelings

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``` comfort, distract advice in how to reappraise touching comfort strengthen social bond support resources ```

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Social sharing is central to mental and physical health | emotional intense situation focused on ourselves, reintegrate into environment

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rewarding to us + them: value them | solidify relationship

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chronic suppression: lower self esteem, well being increase risk of heart disease, cancer inhibitory effect on immune system

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Rumination: dwelling without working through Catastrophizing: life is over, exaggerate consequences Self-blame: things you have no control over

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Other-blame: when constant, even when inappropriate perhaps contributing to downward spiral more you other-blame, more you blame others and less you fix yourself

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Positive reappraisal: focus on silver lining | Positive refocus: thinks of joyful things

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Putting into perspective: opposite of catastrophizing won’t remember it in a month Acceptance: part of life/human condition, gotta move on

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Refocus on planning: instead of wallowing, figure out how to deal better with negative event

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can’t apply these to all situations - death, war less control over situation - should do cognitive efforts try to get more control over situation

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reappraisal is better than suppression talking/writing beneficial only if you work through it depending on situation, should choose appropriate coping strategy

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regulate emotion before emotion happens most likely to lessen intensity cognitive reappraisal - make me not emotional

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regulate when discrepancy between what we show and what we feel

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response focused: after emotion comes through | suppression: hide emotion

PSY331 - 6. Emotion Regulation Flashcards

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