APS

2025 APS Annual Convention

The Power of Emotion Beliefs: We Reflect More When Believing Emotions Are Controllable

Sunday, May 25, 2025 · Washington, DC

Oral · Clinical Science

Believing emotions are controllable can influence how people ruminate. In this daily-dairy study, emotion-control beliefs were found to predict greater daily self-reflection (b = .05, p<.05) but not brooding upon experiencing negative affect. This is the first intensive longitudinal study to demonstrate the influence of emotion-control beliefs on rumination.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Yikai XuSpeaker
    NYU
  • Michael SunDiscussant
    Dartmouth University
  • William TsaiDiscussant
    New York University