Situation selection for the regulation of emotion responses: Non-meaningful choice options retain partial physiological regulatory impact.

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serval:BIB_231DC3A2BFBC
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
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Titre
Situation selection for the regulation of emotion responses: Non-meaningful choice options retain partial physiological regulatory impact.
Périodique
International journal of psychophysiology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Thuillard S., Dan-Glauser E.S.
ISSN
1872-7697 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0167-8760
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
04/2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
162
Pages
130-144
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Situation selection consists in choosing an upcoming emotional situation in order to regulate emotions. It was found to be a strategy with powerful effects on emotional negative experience and physiological arousal. Situation selection is supposed to be efficient through the empowering effect of choice itself. In the present study, we wanted to replicate results on Situation selection efficiency and explore its limits by examining the implications of a non-meaningful choice procedure preceding the emotional trigger, expecting that even this non-meaningful choice would be regulatory. Sixty-one participants (40 females, mean age 21.4 years) were presented with emotional pictures, either with no particular instruction (no regulation) or with the task to make a choice between two options. This task was either a classical Situation selection task, with the label corresponding to the image that could be later seen (Word Situation selection), or non-meaningful options (Non-word Situation selection). The effect of Situation selection for negative experience was replicated. Effects on physiological arousal showed reduced heart rate and respiratory rate at the end of the viewing period, particularly for positive viewing. In negative viewing, Non-word Situation selection did not reduce negative experience, but did reinforce the calming effect of Situation selection on heart and respiratory rate. These results confirm Situation selection as a valid emotion regulation strategy, particularly regarding physiological arousal. Significant understanding of the options seems to constitute a strategic part of the regulation on the full spectrum of emotion responses but is not mandatory if only some specific physiological responses are targeted.
Mots-clé
Emotion regulation strategy, Negative experience, Non-meaningful choice, Physiological arousal, Situation selection
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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03/05/2021 11:54
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25/09/2021 6:08
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