APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Effects of Current Emotional Experience on Future Emotion-Regulation Choice

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Personality/Emotion

Session: Poster Session XI

Authors

  • Julia FeldmanPresenting Author
    Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
  • Antonio Freitas
    Stony Brook University, The State University of New York

Abstract

We investigated how current emotional experiences affect future emotion-regulation choices. Exposure to high-intensity negative stimuli facilitated selecting distraction rather than reappraisal for upcoming, unknown stimuli. These results suggest that choosing between emotion-regulation strategies entails not only cost/benefit deliberations but also associative motivational processes.

Emotion