Up-regulating positive emotions in everyday life: Strategies, individual differences, and associations with positive emotion and well-being |
| |
Authors: | Kimberly M. Livingstone Sanjay Srivastava |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, USA |
| |
Abstract: | This research aimed to identify strategies people use to up-regulate positive emotions, and examine associations with personality, emotion regulation, and trait and state positive experience. In Study 1, participants reported use of 75 regulation strategies and trait emotional experience. Principal component analysis revealed three strategy domains: engagement (socializing, savoring), betterment (goal pursuit, personal growth), and indulgence (substance use, fantasy). In Study 2, participants reported state-level regulation and emotional experience. Engagement correlated with greater state and trait positive emotion, and overall greater well-being. Betterment correlated with less state, but greater trait, positive emotion. Indulgence correlated with greater state, but less trait positive emotion and overall lower well-being. This research suggests trade-offs between short-term and long-term emotional consequences of different strategies. |
| |
Keywords: | Emotion Emotion regulation Positive emotions Well-being Individual differences |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|