reviewPsychological BulletinMay 14, 2012GREEN OA

Dealing with feeling: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation.

University of Sheffield

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Abstract

The present meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation in modifying emotional outcomes as indexed by experiential, behavioral, and physiological measures. A systematic search of the literature identified 306 experimental comparisons of different emotion regulation (ER) strategies. ER instructions were coded according to a new taxonomy, and meta-analysis was used to evaluate the effectiveness of each strategy across studies. The findings revealed differences in effectiveness between ER processes: Attentional deployment had no effect on emotional outcomes (d(+) = 0.00), response modulation had a small effect (d(+) = 0.16), and cognitive change…

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Keywords
  • Psychology
  • Meta-analysis
  • Feeling
  • Cognition
  • Distraction
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Experiential learning
  • Stimulus (psychology)
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