APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Teaching Emotional Vocabulary Improves Emotional Regulation
- Eric Borowsky
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Timothy Marum
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Brenna McLoughlin
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Erica Dufresne
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Ann Vallier
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Jennifer Fugate
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Abstract
Pilot participants completed a battery of emotional assessments pre- and post-training. During training, participants received an emotion word/definition each morning on their smartphone. At posttest, participants’ familiarity for received words increased, and they expressed fewer emotional regulation problems. This training is a quick, cost-effective way to improve emotional regulation.
Emotion
