APS

2023 APS Annual Convention

Flipping the Switch: New Insights into How People Dynamically Update Their Emotion Regulation Strategy Choices

Sunday, May 28, 2023 · Washington, DC

Oral · Clinical Science

Emotion regulation is a complex decisional task that underlies mental health functioning. This symposium brings together psychologists with quantitative, developmental, cognitive, and clinical perspectives to offer new insights into how people dynamically choose between emotion regulation strategies across contexts to ultimately better address the urgent societal problem of mental illness.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Katharine DanielChair
    University of Virginia
  • Matthew SouthwardDiscussant
    University of Kentucky

Presentations

  1. Does within-Person Variability in Emotion Regulation Strategies Relate to the Momentary Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation?Tierney McMahon, Kristin Naragon-Gainey
  2. Investigating Emotion Regulation Strategy Switching in the Daily Lives of Socially Anxious PeopleKatharine Daniel, Robert Moulder, Steven Boker, Bethany Teachman
  3. Examining Correlates of Adolescent Girls’ Emotion Regulation Strategy SwitchingKirsten McKone, Elizabeth Edershile, Cecile Ladouceur, Jennifer Silk
  4. Daily Emotion Regulation Dynamics and Cognition in AdulthoodTammy English, Tabea Springstein