The development of emotion regulation: An fMRI study of
cognitive reappraisal in children, adolescents and young adults
Not exact matches
Participants
in a control group practiced a different technique known as
cognitive reappraisal,
in which they learned to generate fewer negative thoughts.
These authors introduced the idea of positive
reappraisal,
in which they propose that mindfulness skills can be coupled with
cognitive restructuring from a functional perspective to promote a meaningful integration between ACT and positive psychology.
The dlPFC
in particular supports explicit,
cognitive, or «
reappraisal» based self - control strategies active during unpleasant emotional states [54].
So positive
cognitive reappraisal can help us bounce back, and that may be why parents who use
cognitive reappraisal are less likely to engage
in counterproductive, over-reactive discipline (Lorber 2012).
The use of
cognitive reappraisal (viewing negative situations
in a more positive light) was associated with less experience of negative emotions and depressive symptoms and higher levels of optimism (Gross & John, 2003).
Comparing experiential acceptance and
cognitive reappraisal as predictors of functional outcome
in individuals with serious mental illness.
Similarly, the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ - CA) assesses the
cognitive emotion regulation strategies
Reappraisal and Suppression
in 10 - to 18 - year - olds [17].
Research
in adults indicates that high IS is linked to greater emotional arousal [38, 39], less alexithymia [40], and, interestingly, also better downregulation of negative affect via
cognitive reappraisal [41].
Coherently with
cognitive models, this study tested the hypothesis that specific beliefs about emotions may be associated with difficulties
in emotion regulation and the use of different ERS (
reappraisal, suppression, acceptance, rumination, avoidant coping, experiential avoidance).
For example, increases
in cognitive reappraisal, which involves logical reasoning, linguistic processing and modification of meaning, has been shown to mediate reduction of SAD symptoms (Goldin et al., 2012).
Neural mechanisms of
cognitive reappraisal of negative self - beliefs
in social anxiety disorder
The current study examined two emotion regulation strategies,
cognitive reappraisal and affective suppression,
in interaction with self - report and biological measures of emotional reactivity as predictors of internalizing symptoms.