APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Effects of Current Emotional Experience on Future Emotion-Regulation Choice
- Julia Feldman
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