Antecedent-Focused Emotion Regulation, Response Modulation and Well-Being

摘要

The aim of the research was to examine the full range of emotion regulation strategies proposed by theGross and John (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 85:348–362, 2003; John, O. P., & Gross, J. J. (2007). Individual differences in emotion regulation. In J. J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation (pp. 351–372). New York: Guilford) process model of emotional regulation. Seventy-three participants from Australia provided information on their use of emotion regulation strategies, wellbeing, and emotional intelligence. As predicted by the process model of emotional regulation, antecedent focused regulation strategies were associated with greater wellbeing. Response-modulation strategies predicted no additional variance in well-being beyond antecedent-regulation strategies. In contrast to past research on the selected response modulation strategy of suppression, in the present research response modulation was not associated with negative well-being outcomes. Individuals higher in emotional intelligence showed more antecedent-focused regulation, a finding congruent with model-based predictions.