Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions

Abstract The current study compared the effectiveness of distraction, an antecedent-focused strategy that involves diverting an individual’s attention away from affective terms, and expressive suppression, a response-focused strategy that involves inhibiting conscious emotion-expressive behavior dur...

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Autores principales:	Ping Li, Wei Wang, Cong Fan, Chuanlin Zhu, Shuaixia Li, Zhao Zhang, Zhengyang Qi, Wenbo Luo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f7ca12cbcfc84b35a4057d38715433762021-12-02T15:05:05ZDistraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions10.1038/s41598-017-12983-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/f7ca12cbcfc84b35a4057d38715433762017-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12983-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The current study compared the effectiveness of distraction, an antecedent-focused strategy that involves diverting an individual’s attention away from affective terms, and expressive suppression, a response-focused strategy that involves inhibiting conscious emotion-expressive behavior during an emotionally aroused state, in the regulation of high- and low-intensity unpleasant stimuli, using event-related potentials (ERPs). Sixteen participants completed an emotion regulation experiment in which they passively viewed high- or low-intensity unpleasant images (view), solved a mathematical equation presented on high- or low-intensity negative images (distraction), or suppressed their emotional expression in response to high- or low-intensity unpleasant images (suppression). Their negative experiences after implementation of these strategies were rated by participants on a 1–9 scale. We mainly found that compared with expressive suppression, distraction yielded greater attenuation of the early phase of centro-parietal LPP when the participants responded to high-intensity stimuli. In the low-intensity condition, distraction, but not expressive suppression, effectively decreased the early phase of LPP. The findings suggest that expressive suppression works as early as distraction in the high-intensity condition; more importantly, distraction is superior to expressive suppression in regulating negative emotion, which is influenced by emotional intensity.Ping LiWei WangCong FanChuanlin ZhuShuaixia LiZhao ZhangZhengyang QiWenbo LuoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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description	Abstract The current study compared the effectiveness of distraction, an antecedent-focused strategy that involves diverting an individual’s attention away from affective terms, and expressive suppression, a response-focused strategy that involves inhibiting conscious emotion-expressive behavior during an emotionally aroused state, in the regulation of high- and low-intensity unpleasant stimuli, using event-related potentials (ERPs). Sixteen participants completed an emotion regulation experiment in which they passively viewed high- or low-intensity unpleasant images (view), solved a mathematical equation presented on high- or low-intensity negative images (distraction), or suppressed their emotional expression in response to high- or low-intensity unpleasant images (suppression). Their negative experiences after implementation of these strategies were rated by participants on a 1–9 scale. We mainly found that compared with expressive suppression, distraction yielded greater attenuation of the early phase of centro-parietal LPP when the participants responded to high-intensity stimuli. In the low-intensity condition, distraction, but not expressive suppression, effectively decreased the early phase of LPP. The findings suggest that expressive suppression works as early as distraction in the high-intensity condition; more importantly, distraction is superior to expressive suppression in regulating negative emotion, which is influenced by emotional intensity.
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author	Ping Li Wei Wang Cong Fan Chuanlin Zhu Shuaixia Li Zhao Zhang Zhengyang Qi Wenbo Luo
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title	Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions
title_short	Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions
title_full	Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions
title_fullStr	Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions
title_full_unstemmed	Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions
title_sort	distraction and expressive suppression strategies in regulation of high- and low-intensity negative emotions
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/f7ca12cbcfc84b35a4057d3871543376
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Distraction and Expressive Suppression Strategies in Regulation of High- and Low-Intensity Negative Emotions

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