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Explicit emotion regulation: Comparing emotion inducing stimuli

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Dhaka, Suman
Kashyap, Naveen

Abstract / Description

Emotions are a major part of our subjective experiences of the world. At times, our emotions are not appropriate and require active management. Emotion regulation refers to the various ways of managing or controlling emotional responses. External stimuli play specific role in electing emotions. Pictures and movies elicit emotions and emotional effects of films are believed to exceed that of pictures. The aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies across emotion induction method (picture and films). Forty participants rated their emotion on Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) ratings for each pictorial and video stimuli while following the emotion regulation instructions. Repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed that the pictures were more effective in modulating emotions. Cognitive reappraisal and distraction strategies downregulated emotions.

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emotion regulation SAM pictures movies

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Date of first publication

2017-10-20

Journal title

Psychological Thought

Volume

10

Issue

2

Page numbers

303–314

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Dhaka, S., & Kashyap, N. (2017). Explicit emotion regulation: Comparing emotion inducing stimuli. Psychological Thought, 10(2), 303–314. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i2.240
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Dhaka, Suman
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kashyap, Naveen
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-28T10:01:37Z
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    2018-11-28T10:01:37Z
  • Date of first publication
    2017-10-20
  • Abstract / Description
    Emotions are a major part of our subjective experiences of the world. At times, our emotions are not appropriate and require active management. Emotion regulation refers to the various ways of managing or controlling emotional responses. External stimuli play specific role in electing emotions. Pictures and movies elicit emotions and emotional effects of films are believed to exceed that of pictures. The aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies across emotion induction method (picture and films). Forty participants rated their emotion on Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) ratings for each pictorial and video stimuli while following the emotion regulation instructions. Repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed that the pictures were more effective in modulating emotions. Cognitive reappraisal and distraction strategies downregulated emotions.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Dhaka, S., & Kashyap, N. (2017). Explicit emotion regulation: Comparing emotion inducing stimuli. Psychological Thought, 10(2), 303–314. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i2.240
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  • ISSN
    2193-7281
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1503
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1869
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v10i2.240
  • Keyword(s)
    emotion regulation
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  • Keyword(s)
    SAM
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  • Keyword(s)
    pictures
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  • Keyword(s)
    movies
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Explicit emotion regulation: Comparing emotion inducing stimuli
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Psychological Thought
  • Page numbers
    303–314
  • Volume
    10
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