APS

31st APS Annual Convention

Regulating Emotions Effectively: New Approaches to Understanding Effects of Time, Person, and Development

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · Personality/Emotion

This symposium examines important, yet frequently overlooked, factors that determine the effectiveness of attempts to regulate one's emotions in daily life, including situational context, individual differences, emotion differentiation ability, and measurement approaches. Further, we highlight developmental considerations and integrate findings into a framework for recommending optimal emotion regulation strategies.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Katharine DanielChair
    University of Virginia
  • Miranda BeltzerCoChair
    University of Virginia
  • Kristen LindquistDiscussant
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presentations

  1. Negative Emotion Differentiation through a Developmental Lens: Associations with Parental Factors and Age in AdolescenceLisa Starr, Zoey Shaw, Y. Li, Angela Santee, Rachel Hershenberg
  2. Patterns of Emotion Regulation in the Everyday Lives of People with Social Anxiety DisorderFallon Goodman, Maria Larrazabal, Aslihan Īmamoglu, Ameena Ashraf, Bradley Brown, Todd Kashdan
  3. What Is Effective? Assessing Different Aspects of Emotion Regulation Effectiveness in Daily LifeKatharine Daniel, Sonia Baee, Laura Barnes, Bethany Teachman
  4. Context and Person Matter: Building a Recommender System for Emotion Regulation StrategiesMiranda Beltzer, Mawulolo Ameko, Laura Barnes, Bethany Teachman