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http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8028
Authors: | Zeier, Peter Meine, Laura E. Wessa, Michèle |
Title: | It's worth the trouble: stressor exposure is related to increased cognitive reappraisal ability |
Online publication date: | 25-Oct-2022 |
Year of first publication: | 2022 |
Language: | english |
Abstract: | Recent theories propose moderate (compared to high or no) stressor exposure to promote emotion regulation capacities. More precisely, stressful situations are expected to serve as practice opportunities for cognitive reappraisal (CR), that is, the reinterpretation of a situation to alter its emotional impact. Accordingly, in this study, we expect an inverted U-shaped relationship between exposure to daily hassles and performance in a CR task, that is, best reappraisal ability in individuals with a history of moderate stressor exposure. Participants (N = 165) reported the number of daily hassles during the last week as indicator of stressor exposure and completed the Script-based Reappraisal Test (SRT). In the SRT, participants are presented with fear-eliciting scripts and instructed to either downregulate negative affect via reappraisal (reappraisal-trials) or react naturally (control-trials). Two measures indicate CR ability: (1) reappraisal effectiveness, that is, the difference between affective ratings in reappraisal- and control-trials and (2) reappraisal inventiveness, that is, the number of valid and categorically different reappraisal thoughts. Multiple regression analyses revealed positive linear, but not quadratic, relationships of exposure to daily hassles and both indicators of CR ability. Potential benefits of stressor exposure for emotion regulation processes are discussed. |
DDC: | 150 Psychologie 150 Psychology |
Institution: | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Department: | FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport |
Place: | Mainz |
ROR: | https://ror.org/023b0x485 |
DOI: | http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8028 |
Version: | Published version |
Publication type: | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
License: | CC BY-NC-ND |
Information on rights of use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Journal: | Stress and health 38 3 |
Pages or article number: | 602 609 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Publisher place: | Chichester u.a. |
Issue date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 1532-2998 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1002/smi.3101 |
Appears in collections: | JGU-Publikationen |
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