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An emotion perspective on emotion regulation

An emotion perspective on emotion regulation COGNITION AND EMOTION 2011, 25 (5), 782 784 COMMENTARY 1 2 Batja Mesquita and Nico H. Frijda Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands In their balanced article, Gross, Sheppes, and Urry transactions draw attention and have valence, (this issue) argue that, ‘‘in some circumstances, the to the extent that they are relevant to the distinction between emotion generation and emo- individual’s concerns. A remark evokes anger if tion regulation is indeed useful’’ (p. 765). We agree it is considered damaging for one’s social status. that this distinction can be useful. There are Second, emotional responses are indeed coordi- conditions in which emotion regulation is clearly nated, namely by the motive states that we have distinguished from emotion generation, as when called ‘‘states of action readiness’’. Different emo- explicit directives for emotion regulation are given. tions are characterised by different states of action This is the case in many experimental studies of readiness. Being humiliated may instigate a emotion regulation, in which participants are tendency to retaliate. Thus, events that touch explicitly asked to regulate their emotions. How- upon concerns elicit states of action http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cognition & Emotion Taylor & Francis

An emotion perspective on emotion regulation

Mesquita, Batja; Frijda, Nico H.
Cognition & Emotion , Volume 25 (5): 3 – Aug 1, 2011
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Taylor & Francis
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1464-0600
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10.1080/02699931.2011.586824
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COGNITION AND EMOTION 2011, 25 (5), 782 784 COMMENTARY 1 2 Batja Mesquita and Nico H. Frijda Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands In their balanced article, Gross, Sheppes, and Urry transactions draw attention and have valence, (this issue) argue that, ‘‘in some circumstances, the to the extent that they are relevant to the distinction between emotion generation and emo- individual’s concerns. A remark evokes anger if tion regulation is indeed useful’’ (p. 765). We agree it is considered damaging for one’s social status. that this distinction can be useful. There are Second, emotional responses are indeed coordi- conditions in which emotion regulation is clearly nated, namely by the motive states that we have distinguished from emotion generation, as when called ‘‘states of action readiness’’. Different emo- explicit directives for emotion regulation are given. tions are characterised by different states of action This is the case in many experimental studies of readiness. Being humiliated may instigate a emotion regulation, in which participants are tendency to retaliate. Thus, events that touch explicitly asked to regulate their emotions. How- upon concerns elicit states of action

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Published: Aug 1, 2011

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