The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review
Cognitive reappraisal refers to the reinterpretation of a situation to alter its emotional meaning. Theoretically, executive functions (EFs), such as inhibition, updating, and shifting, are core elements of reappraisal processes. However, empirical studies have yielded inconsistent evidence as to...
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| author | Toh, Wei Xing Keh, Jun Sheng Gross, James J. Carstensen, Laura L. |
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| description | Cognitive reappraisal refers to the reinterpretation of a situation to alter its emotional meaning. Theoretically,
executive functions (EFs), such as inhibition, updating, and shifting, are core elements of reappraisal
processes. However, empirical studies have yielded inconsistent evidence as to whether and to what extent
EFs are associated with reappraisal. To address this issue, we conducted a meta-analysis of the literature in
which 179 effect sizes from 59 independent samples (N = 4,703) were included. Using random-effects
metaregression with robust-variance estimates and small-sample corrections, we also examined whether
variation in effect sizes could be accounted for by potential moderators, such as the way reappraisal was
assessed (i.e., questionnaires vs. task-based measures) and the type of stimuli used in EF tasks (i.e., affective
vs. nonaffective). Overall, results indicate relatively small to typical associations between reappraisal and
all three EFs (rs = .13–.19). While the way reappraisal was measured did not moderate any of the relations
between EF and reappraisal, we found stronger relations between inhibition and reappraisal when EF was
assessed using tasks that involved affective, relative to nonaffective, stimuli. Our meta-analytic findings
offer modest support for the idea that EFs are cognitive constituents of reappraisal processes. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1784362024-06-19T06:46:31Z The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review Toh, Wei Xing Keh, Jun Sheng Gross, James J. Carstensen, Laura L. School of Social Sciences Social Sciences Reappraisal Emotion regulation Cognitive reappraisal refers to the reinterpretation of a situation to alter its emotional meaning. Theoretically, executive functions (EFs), such as inhibition, updating, and shifting, are core elements of reappraisal processes. However, empirical studies have yielded inconsistent evidence as to whether and to what extent EFs are associated with reappraisal. To address this issue, we conducted a meta-analysis of the literature in which 179 effect sizes from 59 independent samples (N = 4,703) were included. Using random-effects metaregression with robust-variance estimates and small-sample corrections, we also examined whether variation in effect sizes could be accounted for by potential moderators, such as the way reappraisal was assessed (i.e., questionnaires vs. task-based measures) and the type of stimuli used in EF tasks (i.e., affective vs. nonaffective). Overall, results indicate relatively small to typical associations between reappraisal and all three EFs (rs = .13–.19). While the way reappraisal was measured did not moderate any of the relations between EF and reappraisal, we found stronger relations between inhibition and reappraisal when EF was assessed using tasks that involved affective, relative to nonaffective, stimuli. Our meta-analytic findings offer modest support for the idea that EFs are cognitive constituents of reappraisal processes. Ministry of Education (MOE) Nanyang Technological University This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, under its Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (Project ID: RS 05/23) and by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, awarded to Wei Xing Toh, through a Start-Up Grant 03INS001567C430. 2024-06-19T06:46:31Z 2024-06-19T06:46:31Z 2024 Journal Article Toh, W. X., Keh, J. S., Gross, J. J. & Carstensen, L. L. (2024). The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review. Emotion. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0001373 1528-3542 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178436 10.1037/emo0001373 en RS 05/23 03INS001567C430 Emotion © 2024 American Psychological Association. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Reappraisal Emotion regulation Toh, Wei Xing Keh, Jun Sheng Gross, James J. Carstensen, Laura L. The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review |
| title | The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review |
| title_full | The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review |
| title_fullStr | The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review |
| title_short | The role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal: a meta-analytic review |
| title_sort | role of executive function in cognitive reappraisal a meta analytic review |
| topic | Social Sciences Reappraisal Emotion regulation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178436 |
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