Psychiatry and Psychology

Emotional Regulation

The manifestation of an emotional response by which individuals influence the intensity, duration, valence, or manifestation of their response. Emotion regulation either precedes (avoidance, interpretation) or follows an emotion (suppression, reappraisal). Emotion regulation is distinct from coping (focuses primarily on decreasing a negative emotional experience), and can include increasing or decreasing both positive and negative emotions consciously or unconsciously.

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Abstract

The manifestation of an emotional response by which individuals influence the intensity, duration, valence, or manifestation of their response. Emotion regulation either precedes (avoidance, interpretation) or follows an emotion (suppression, reappraisal). Emotion regulation is distinct from coping (focuses primarily on decreasing a negative emotional experience), and can include increasing or decreasing both positive and negative emotions consciously or unconsciously.

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  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotion Self-Regulation
  • Emotional Self-Regulation
  • Emotion Self Regulation
  • Emotion Self-Regulations
  • Emotional Regulations
  • Emotional Self Regulation
  • Emotional Self-Regulations
  • Regulation, Emotion
  • Regulation, Emotional
  • Regulations, Emotional
  • Self-Regulation, Emotion
  • Self-Regulation, Emotional
  • Self-Regulations, Emotion
  • Self-Regulations, Emotional

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology.

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History Note

2020

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  • Emotions (1994-2019)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Emotional Regulation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080103. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080103
  2. Emotional Regulation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_self-regulation
  3. Emotional Regulation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267800