Emotion regulation and the temporal dynamics of emotions: Effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression on emotional inertia

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 831-851

  Koval, Peter ^a   Butler, Emily A ^b   Hollenstein, Tom ^c   Lanteigne, Dianna ^c   Kuppens, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion dynamics; Emotion regulation; Emotional inertia; Expressive suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INERTIA; EMOTIONALITY; EXPRESSIVE SUPPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; WELLBEING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929664606     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.948388     Document Type: Article

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