Affect regulation strategies for promoting (or preventing) flourishing emotional health

Barber, Larissa K.; Bagsby, Patricia G.; Munz, David C.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.002

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“…Feeling grateful for the good things in life could be also considered as a form of cognitive reappraisal, because it implies perceiving a situation in a positive way, more than modifying it or an emotional response to the situation. Importantly, gratitude was found to be more frequent in persons with high well-being (Barber et al, 2010). Likewise, seeking meaning through religion (reading about or doing spiritual activities) is also an instance of positive reappraisal, related to low-negative affect and also positive affect (Moskowitz et al, 2009).…”

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“…Repetitive thinking can also be conceived as a form of emotional processing similar to rumination. Finally, trying to understand and analyze feelings, or reflexive rumination, was more frequent among those with high well-being (Barber et al, 2010). However, another study revealed that thinking a great deal in an analytical way about a positive episode (trying to carefully understand and explain why and how the positive fact or event occurred) results in a reduction in pleasure stemming from a positive emotional event (Fredrickson, 2009).…”

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“…Moreover, people who often compare themselves with others are less happy (Fujita, 2008). People with 'flourishing well-being' also use less social comparison as a form of emotional regulation (Barber et al, 2010).…”

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“…Talking to someone as a form of emotional regulation is less frequent among individuals with low well-being (Barber et al, 2010), and capitalizing is associated with greater positive affect (Quoidbach et al, 2010). Social sharing could imply a regulated expression of emotion, a functional form of regulation (Stanton, Kirk, Cameron, & Danoff-Burg, 2000), probably also in the case of positive affect.…”

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Affect regulation strategies and perceived emotional adjustment for negative and positive affect: A study on anger, sadness and joy

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Mendiburo

et al. 2013

The Journal of Positive Psychology

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“…With psychological inflexibility, the problem lies in the attempt to control emotions, thoughts and behaviors by applying certain regulatory strategies excessively or rigidly (Greco et al 2008). Lack of psychological flexibility may reduce opportunities for positive experiences and limit response options (Barber et al 2010;Blackledge and Hayes 2001;Chawla and Ostafin 2007;Kashdan et al 2006). For example, the socially anxious person may avoid forming relationships and interacting with people, even when both of these activities are highly valued (Kashdan and Rottenberg 2010).…”

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Inflexible Parents, Inflexible Kids: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study of Parenting Style and the Development of Psychological Flexibility in Adolescents

Williams

Ciarrochi

Heaven

2012

J Youth Adolescence

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Parenting behaviors have been linked to children's self regulation, but it is less clear how they relate to adolescent psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is a broad construct that describes an individual's ability to respond appropriately to environmental demands and internal experiences in the service of their goals. We examined the longitudinal relationships between perceived parenting style and psychological flexibility among students at five Australian schools (N= 749) over 6 years, beginning in Grade 7 (50.3% female, mean age 12.39 years). Parenting style was measured in Grades 7 and 12, and psychological flexibility from Grade 9 through 12. Psychological flexibility decreased, on average, with age. Multi-level modelling indicated that authoritarian parenting (low warmth, high control) in Grade 7 predicted later (low) psychological flexibility. Moreover, increases in authoritarian parenting and decreases in authoritative parenting (high warmth and control) were associated with adolescent psychological flexibility across the high school years. Change in parenting predicted future psychological flexibility but did not predict change over time. Structural Equation Modelling revealed that adolescent psychological flexibility in Grade 9 predicted later decreases in authoritarian and increases in authoritative parenting. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding how parenting changes and the consequences of such change for the development of psychological flexibility.

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Measuring Emotional Intelligence Enhances the Psychological Evaluation of Chronic Pain

Doherty

Walsh

Andrews

et al. 2017

J Clin Psychol Med Settings

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The assessment of emotional factors, in addition to other psychosocial factors, has been recommended as a means of identifying individuals with chronic pain who may not respond to certain pain treatments. Systematic reviews of the evidence regarding the prediction of responsiveness to a treatment called the spinal cord stimulator (SCS) have yielded inconclusive results. Emotional intelligence is a term which refers to the ability to identify and manage emotions in oneself and others and has been shown to be inversely associated with emotional distress and acute pain. This study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, chronic pain, and the more established psychosocial factors usually used for SCS evaluations by clinical psychologists in medical settings. A sample of 112 patients with chronic pain on an acute hospital waiting list for SCS procedures in a pain medicine service were recruited. Psychological measures were completed including: a novel measure of emotional intelligence; usual measures of emotional distress and catastrophizing; and a numerical rating scale designed to assess pain intensity, pain-related distress, and interference. As predicted, findings revealed significant associations between most of the measures analyzed and current pain intensity. When entered into a simultaneous regression analysis, emotional intelligence scores remained the only significant predictor of current pain intensity. There are potential clinical, ethical, and organizational implications of emotional intelligence processes partially predicting pain in patients on a waiting list for a medical procedure. These results may offer new insight, understanding, and evaluation targets for clinical psychologists in the field of pain management.

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Affect regulation strategies for promoting (or preventing) flourishing emotional health

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Affect regulation strategies and perceived emotional adjustment for negative and positive affect: A study on anger, sadness and joy

Affect regulation strategies and perceived emotional adjustment for negative and positive affect: A study on anger, sadness and joy

Inflexible Parents, Inflexible Kids: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study of Parenting Style and the Development of Psychological Flexibility in Adolescents

Measuring Emotional Intelligence Enhances the Psychological Evaluation of Chronic Pain

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