Beliefs about emotion: implications for avoidance-based emotion regulation and psychological health

dc.contributor.authorDe Castella, Krista
dc.contributor.authorPlatow, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorTamir, M
dc.contributor.authorGross, James J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T00:33:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T10:15:06Z
dc.description.abstractPeople’s beliefs about their ability to control their emotions predict a range of important psychological outcomes. It is not clear, however, whether these beliefs are playing a causal role, and if so, why this might be. In the current research, we tested whether avoidance-based emotion regulation explains the link between beliefs and psychological outcomes. In Study 1 (N = 112), a perceived lack of control over emotions predicted poorer psychological health outcomes (increased selfreported avoidance, lower well-being, and higher levels of clinical symptoms), and avoidance strategies indirectly explained these links between emotion beliefs and psychological health. In Study 2 (N = 101), we experimentally manipulated participants’ emotion beliefs by leading participants to believe that they struggled (low regulatory self-efficacy) or did not struggle (high regulatory self-efficacy) with controlling their emotions. Participants in the low regulatory self-efficacy condition reported increased intentions to engage in avoidance strategies over the next month and were more likely to avoid seeking psychological help. When asked if they would participate in follow-up studies, these participants were also more likely to display avoidance-based emotion regulation. These findings provide initial evidence for the causal role of emotion beliefs in avoidance-based emotion regulation, and document their impact on psychological health-related outcomes.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0269-9931en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/232991
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_AU
dc.rights© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Groupen_AU
dc.sourceCognition and Emotionen_AU
dc.subjectBeliefsen_AU
dc.subjectimplicit theoriesen_AU
dc.subjectemotion regulationen_AU
dc.subjectavoidanceen_AU
dc.subjectpsychological healthen_AU
dc.titleBeliefs about emotion: implications for avoidance-based emotion regulation and psychological healthen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage795en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage773en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDe Castella, Krista, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationPlatow, Michael , College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationTamir, M, The Hebrew University of Jerusalemen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGross, James J., Stanford Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4039917@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidDe Castella, Krista, u3962750en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidPlatow, Michael , u4039917en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor170113 - Social and Community Psychologyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB7523en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1080/02699931.2017.1353485en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85025706696
local.identifier.thomsonIDMEDLINE:28737108
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.routledge.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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