‘It might be time to accept’. Exploring the dynamics between affect regulation strategies, anxiety and timing of regulation

More (of the right strategies) is better: disaggregating the naturalistic between- and within-person structure and effects of emotion regulation strategies

“…Given cross-cultural (Ford & Mauss, 2015) and agerelated (Eldesouky & English, 2018) differences in emotion regulation, our results may not generalise beyond American young adults. Although we assessed participants multiple times each day and explicitly modelled time and previous mood in our analyses, we were unable to assess the temporal unfolding of strategies (Guiller et al, 2019). That is, our design precluded us from capturing the intensity of emotions experienced immediately preceding regulation between timepoints.…”

Specifying the mechanisms and targets of emotion regulation: A translational framework from affective science to psychological treatment.

“…Two studies have assessed the naturalistic use of emotion regulation strategies in samples without psychopathology. Across both studies, participants reported temporal patterns of first avoiding, suppressing, or ruminating about negative emotions, followed by reappraising, distracting from, or problem-solving around these emotions, and ending with acceptance (Guiller et al, 2019; Kalokerinos et al, 2017). Interestingly, rumination was more strongly associated with greater negative affect when it was used later in an emotional experience, while reappraisal was more strongly associated with lower negative affect when it was used earlier.…”

How regulation strategies protected or worsened emotional experience during France's three lockdowns: Prepandemic versus pandemic comparisons and longitudinal approach

“…Participants indicated the intensity with which they used 11 emotion regulation strategies on a visual analogue scale (0 % to 100 %) We chose emotion regulation strategies that are classically studied by researchers (e.g., Augustine & Hemenover, 2009 ), categorizing them as adaptive versus maladaptive . Adaptive strategies included problem-solving ( J'ai agi concrètement pour changer les situations qui me déplaisaient “I took concrete action to change a situation I did not like”; Pavani et al, 2017 ), action planning ( J'ai réfléchi aux actions à mettre en place dans ce type de situation “I thought about the actions I could implement in this type of situation”; Pavani et al, 2017 ), positive reappraisal ( J'ai essayé de regarder les choses de manière plus positive “I tried to view the situation more positively”; Guiller et al, 2019 ), acceptance ( J'ai accepté de ressentir les émotions que je ressentais sans chercher à y changer quelque chose “I accepted emotional feelings without trying to change them”; Pavani et al, 2017 ), savouring ( J'ai pris le temps de savourer les moments positifs “I took the time to savour the present moment”; Pavani et al, 2017 ), and proactive behaviour ( J'ai réfléchi aux actions à mettre en place dans ce type de situation “I anticipated and prepared for potentially problematic situations”; Pavani et al, 2017 ).…”

“…Strategies sometimes regarded as maladaptive included negative emotion expression ( J'ai eu tendance à exprimer mes émotions négatives “I expressed my negative emotions”; Pavani et al, 2020 ), avoidance ( J'ai cherché à éviter les choses qui me confrontaient au Covid19 “I tried to avoid things linked with Covid19”; adapted from Guiller et al, 2019 ), distraction ( J'ai fait des choses qui m'ont distrait·e de mes ressentis “I did things that distracted me from my feelings”; Brans et al, 2013 ), suppression ( J'ai évité d'exprimer mes ressentis “I supressed my feelings”; Brans et al, 2013 ), and rumination ( J'ai eu tendance à ruminer des choses déplaisantes “I brooded over unpleasant things”; Andreotti et al, 2017 ).…”