Flexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant emotional challenges that individuals need to select how to regulate. The present study directly examined how during the pandemic, healthy individuals select between regulatory strategies to cope with varying COVID-19-related threats, and whether an a...

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Autores principales:	Maya Shabat, Roni Shafir, Gal Sheppes
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a3177662f4a04df39deed8c20c1a2e612021-11-08T10:46:23ZFlexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine10.1038/s41598-021-00716-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/a3177662f4a04df39deed8c20c1a2e612021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00716-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant emotional challenges that individuals need to select how to regulate. The present study directly examined how during the pandemic, healthy individuals select between regulatory strategies to cope with varying COVID-19-related threats, and whether an adaptive flexible regulatory selection pattern will emerge in this unique threatening global context. Accordingly, this two-study investigation tested how healthy individuals during a strict state issued quarantine, behaviorally select to regulate COVID-19-related threats varying in their intensity. Study 1 created and validated an ecologically relevant set of low and high intensity sentences covering major COVID-19 facets that include experiencing physical symptoms, infection threats, and social and economic consequences. Study 2 examined the influence of the intensity of these COVID-19-related threats, on behavioral regulatory selection choices between disengagement via attentional distraction and engagement via reappraisal. Confirming a flexible regulatory selection conception, healthy individuals showed strong choice preference for engagement reappraisal when regulating low intensity COVID-19-related threats, but showed strong choice preference for disengagement distraction when regulating high intensity COVID-19-related threats. These findings support the importance of regulatory selection flexibility for psychological resilience during a major global crisis.Maya ShabatRoni ShafirGal SheppesNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Maya Shabat Roni Shafir Gal Sheppes Flexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine
description	Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant emotional challenges that individuals need to select how to regulate. The present study directly examined how during the pandemic, healthy individuals select between regulatory strategies to cope with varying COVID-19-related threats, and whether an adaptive flexible regulatory selection pattern will emerge in this unique threatening global context. Accordingly, this two-study investigation tested how healthy individuals during a strict state issued quarantine, behaviorally select to regulate COVID-19-related threats varying in their intensity. Study 1 created and validated an ecologically relevant set of low and high intensity sentences covering major COVID-19 facets that include experiencing physical symptoms, infection threats, and social and economic consequences. Study 2 examined the influence of the intensity of these COVID-19-related threats, on behavioral regulatory selection choices between disengagement via attentional distraction and engagement via reappraisal. Confirming a flexible regulatory selection conception, healthy individuals showed strong choice preference for engagement reappraisal when regulating low intensity COVID-19-related threats, but showed strong choice preference for disengagement distraction when regulating high intensity COVID-19-related threats. These findings support the importance of regulatory selection flexibility for psychological resilience during a major global crisis.
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title	Flexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine
title_short	Flexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine
title_full	Flexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine
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Flexible emotion regulatory selection when coping with COVID-19-related threats during quarantine

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