ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science

Can Cognitive Emotion Regulation Be Effortless?

Saturday, March 9, 2019 · Paris, France

Personality/Emotion

Many gold standard cognitive emotion regulation techniques are effective but effortful. We bring together an interdisciplinary, international group of psychological scientists to discuss the potential downsides of relying on such strategies and offer less effortful alternatives that have applications across development and a range of conditions that require emotion regulation.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jason MoserChair
    Michigan State University
  • Ethan KrossCoChair
    University of Michigan

Presentations

  1. The Problem with Cognitively Demanding Emotion Regulation StrategiesJason Moser
  2. Beyond the Effortful Control of Emotion: How Subtle Shifts in Language Effortlessly Promote Emotion RegulationEthan Kross
  3. Psychological Distance in Children: The Batman EffectStephanie Carlson
  4. Distraction As a Legitimate and Beneficial "First-Aid" Emotion Regulation StrategyRoni Shafir, Gal Sheppes