Emotion malleability beliefs influence emotion regulation and emotion recovery among individuals with depressive symptoms. Issue 8 (17th November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kneeland, Elizabeth T.; Simpson, Lauren E.
• Is Part Of: Cognition and emotion. Volume 36:Issue 8(2022)
• Page Start: 1613
• Page End: 1621
• Publication Date: 2022-11-17
• Subjects: Depression -- emotion -- emotion regulation -- emotion belief; Cognition -- Periodicals; Emotions and cognition -- Periodicals; 155.413
• DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2022.2143327
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-9931

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Despite the centrality of emotion regulation in psychiatric disorders such as depression, there is a lack of experimental studies examining the psychological factors that influence emotion regulation in individuals with depressive symptoms. Participants with current depressive symptoms were randomly assigned to an experimental manipulation promoting more malleable emotion beliefs or the control condition. Participants underwent a negative emotion induction and reported on their affect and emotion regulation during the induction. Individuals who received the experimental manipulation reported greater cognitive reappraisal and greater emotion recovery. Experimental manipulations that can enhance emotion regulation and emotion recovery possess significant promise as a preliminary step in developing brief interventions that can overcome formal barriers to care.