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Seeing the silver lining: Cognitive reappraisal ability moderates the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms.

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Troy, Allison S., Wilhelm, Frank H., Shallcross, Amanda J., Mauss, Iris B.·2010·Emotion

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Individuals differ in their adjustment to stressful life events, with some exhibiting impaired functioning, including depression, while others exhibit impressive resilience. The present study examined the hypothesis that the ability to deploy a particularly adaptive type of emotion regulation-cognitive reappraisal-may be a protective factor. It expands upon existing research in three ways. First, participants' ability to use reappraisal (cognitive reappraisal ability: CRA) was measured by using a behavioral challenge that assessed changes in experiential and physiological domains, rather than questionnaires. Second, all participants had been exposed to one or more recent stressful life events, a context in which emotion regulation may be particularly important. Third, a community sample of 78 women aged 20 to 60 was recruited, as opposed to undergraduates. Results indicate that, at low levels of stress, participants' CRA was not associated with depressive symptoms. However, at high levels of stress, women with high CRA exhibited less depressive symptoms than those with low CRA, suggesting that CRA may be an important moderator of the link between stress and depressive symptoms.

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  • Response formats for the Troy et al. paradigm include Likert-type and forced-choice items.

    “Response formats for the paradigm of Troy et al. (2010) include Likert-type and forced-choice items.”

    From Assessing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: Existing Research and Future Directions (2016) · cites this paper as Troy et al. (2010)

    The Methods > Measures section says the cognitive reappraisal ability paradigm used nine-point Likert ratings of emotions after film clips. Our copy does not report forced-choice items in that paradigm, so it supports only the Likert-type portion of the claim; no page number is available. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The Troy et al. paradigm involves inducing a negative emotion in participants over a series of trials to assess emotion regulation skills.

    “The Troy et al. paradigm involves inducing a negative emotion in participants over a series of trials to assess emotion regulation skills.”

    From Assessing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: Existing Research and Future Directions (2016) · cites this paper as Troy, Wilhelm, Shallcross, & Mauss, 2010

  • Participants engaging in the emotion regulation strategy experienced less sadness than those who were given no instructions.

    “Participants engaging in the emotion regulation strategy experienced less sadness than those who were given no instructions.”
  • Results from Troy et al. (2010) suggest that the paradigm is a valid method for measuring emotion regulation.

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Authors
Troy, A. S., Wilhelm, F. H., Shallcross, A. J., & Mauss, I. B.
Affiliations
  • University of Denver (US)
  • University of Basel (CH)
Venue
Emotion
Published
2010
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
783-795
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
OpenAlex
W2093674431
Cited by
461
References
87
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FWCI
21.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Denver (AG031967)
  • Basel Scientific Society
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
cognitive reappraisal, emotion regulation, stress, depressive symptoms, life events, resilience, moderation, women, behavioral problems, physiological stress response
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Cognition, Depression, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Stress, Psychological, Young Adult

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