Context-related Impact of Positive and Negative Affect on Emotion Regulation: A Mobile-Conducted EMA Study
During emerging adulthood, emotion regulation is especially important as it has been associated with better interpersonal relationships, psychosocial adjustment and well-being. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of contextual variables on the selection of specific emotional regulatio...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche |
| Repositorio: | REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/35696 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/11000/35696 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | emotion regulation emerging adulthood positive and negative affect ecological momentary assessment - EMA regulación emocional adultez emergente afectos positivos y negativo evaluación ecológica momentánea – EMA CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología |
| Resumo: | During emerging adulthood, emotion regulation is especially important as it has been associated with better interpersonal relationships, psychosocial adjustment and well-being. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of contextual variables on the selection of specific emotional regulation strategies in a sample of emerging adults aged 18-29. As part of our ecological momentary assessment study (EMA), we asked our participants (N = 31) over 7 days, 6 times a day (35 observations in total), how they were feeling in terms of Positive (PA) and Negative Affect (NA), with whom they were and the frequency with which they were implementing the following emotion regulation strategies: rumination, positive reappraisal, problem solution, distraction, acceptance, emotional suppression and social sharing. Conforming with our hypothesis, problem solving was found to be positively associated with being with colleagues when experiencing PA, as well as emotional suppression. Non-expectedly, we found that rumination and distraction were negatively associated with being alone when experiencing PA. Acceptance resulted to be negatively associated with being alone when experiencing NA. Positive reappraisal was found to be negatively associated with being alone when experiencing PA and NA. There were no significant effects on social sharing. This study contributes to the understanding of emotional processes in different contexts in a sample of emerging adults based on the EMA methodology, which allows the measurement of micro-processes by breaking down global concepts, such as emotion regulation. |
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