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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Main Authors: Ping Li, Wei Wang, Cong Fan, Chuanlin Zhu, Shuaixia Li, Zhao Zhang, Zhengyang Qi, Wenbo Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12983-3