Emotion regulation and emotional information processing: The moderating effect of emotional awareness
Authors:
- Dorota Szczygieł,
- Jacek Buczny,
- Róża Bazińska
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the moderating role of emotional awareness in the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and emotional information processing. A total of 120 female students regulated emotions while watching an unpleasant film. Before and after emotion induction, participants completed a set of tasks that required matching facial expressions. The results demonstrated that participants who were high in emotional awareness showed a significantly smaller increase in error responses (i.e., incorrect matches) than participants who were low in emotional awareness. However, this effect was observed only in suppression (i.e., inhibition of an emotionally expressive behaviour), masking (i.e., emotion experienced with a happy expression) and control (i.e., no regulation)conditions. Among reappraisers, who were instructed to adopt a neutral attitude toward the film, regardless of whether they were high or low in emotional awareness, there was not a significant increase in error responses.This study shows that the potentially damaging impact of negative emotions on the processing of emotional information can be prevented by a high emotional awarenessor with the implementation of reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy.
- Record ID
- IMPORT-ARTICLE-00004017
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- Journal series
- Personality and Individual Differences, ISSN 0191-8869
- Issue year
- 2012
- Vol
- 52
- Pages
- 433-437
- Publication size in sheets
- 0.00
- ASJC Classification
- DOI
- DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.005 opening in a new tab
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- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886911005125 opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
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- Szczygie-et-al-2012-emotion-regulation.pdf
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- Szczygie-Buczny-Bazinska-2012-52-433-437-Emotion-regulation.pdf
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- buczny-2012-1.pdf
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- Score (nominal)
- 30
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- : 2014 = 1.294; : 2012 = 1.807 (2) - 2012=2.359 (5); = 122
- Citation count
- 122
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- Dorobek Naukowy - Approve URL: http://dn.swps.edu.pl/Biuro/ZatwierdzanieWpisu.aspx?WpisID=4876
- Dorobek Naukowy - Preview URL: http://dn.swps.edu.pl/Podglad.aspx?WpisID=5073
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