APS
31st APS Annual Convention
Beyond the Effortful Control of Emotion: Exploring Relatively Effortless and Implicit Routes to Emotion Regulation
Emotion regulation is often thought of as an effortful process; however, it need not be. In this symposium, we will discuss how both selection and implementation of certain strategies can occur relatively effortlessly, expanding under what conditions and for whom the down-regulation of negative emotions is possible.
Chairs & Discussants
- Ariana OrvellChair
University of Michigan - Jason MoserDiscussant
Michigan State University
Presentations
- How Language and Role-Play Create Psychological Distance from the Self: Implications for Young Children’s Emotion RegulationAmanda Grenell, Emily Prager, Catherine Schaefer, Ethan Kross, Angela Duckworth, Stephanie Carlson
- An Emotion Regulation Tool for Those Who Need It Most: Leveraging Language through Distanced Self-TalkAriana Orvell, Jason Moser, Brian Vickers, Brittany Drake, Philippe Verduyn, Ozlem Ayduk, et al.
- Implicit and Explicit Underlying Processes of Regulatory SelectionGal Sheppes, Roni Shafir
- Emotionally Aligned: Mindfulness Promotes Congruence between Implicit and Explicit Emotional RespondingSander Koole, Carina Remmers
