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This meta-analysis combined 241 effect sizes from 114 studies to test how six habitual emotion-regulation strategies relate to symptoms of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and substance-related problems. Rumination showed the strongest (large) link with symptoms. Avoidance, problem solving, and suppression showed medium-to-large links, while reappraisal and acceptance showed smaller (small-to-medium)…
This lab study compared two ways people try to manage emotions: cognitive reappraisal (changing how you think about a situation) and acceptance (not judging or trying to change feelings). In two samples totaling 142 people, reappraisal led to bigger drops in negative feelings and bigger increases in positive feelings during…
This 2023 hypothesis paper says cognitive reappraisal — changing how we interpret events to change our feelings — often works in labs or therapy but may not carry over to real life. The authors explain this by comparing reappraisal to extinction learning, which creates new, context-dependent memories instead of erasing…
