Motivational Intensity in Emotion Regulation

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作者
Gutentag, Tony [1 ,2 ]
Kalokerinos, Elise K. [3 ]
Millgram, Yael [1 ,2 ]
Garrett, Paul M. [3 ]
Sobel, Rachel [3 ]
Tamir, Maya [2 ]
机构
[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Tel Aviv, Israel
[2] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
[3] Univ Melbourne, Parkville, Vic, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
emotion regulation; motivation; psychological health; well-being; COVID-19; GOAL COMMITMENT; MODEL; METAANALYSIS; ANTECEDENTS; STRATEGIES; HAPPINESS;
D O I
10.1177/01461672241273273
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Changing how we feel can be adaptive, but it is also difficult and may require effort. There is research on what people want to achieve in emotion regulation (motivational content), but there is little research on how intensely people pursue what they want to achieve (motivational intensity). We tested the role of motivational intensity in emotion regulation, by assessing (Studies 1-2, Ns = 160 and 157) and manipulating (Study 3, N = 250) it in daily life. As predicted, when people were more motivated to make themselves feel better, they engaged more intensely in emotion-regulatory behaviors, experienced more desirable emotional experiences, and reported better psychological health. Furthermore, motivating people to make themselves feel better, increased their emotion-regulatory behaviors and led to better psychological health during COVID-19. Motivational intensity, therefore, may be an understudied factor facilitating emotional well-being.
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