PSYC 1032 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Cognitive Restructuring
26 May 2017
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Key to study in regards to mental health issues. Regulation vs coping: regulation the strategies we use to control which emotions we have, when we have them, and how strongly we experience and express them . Ex: stopping yourself from laughter: coping reducing negative emotion after a stressful event . Emotion regulation: emotion regulation could mean, in theory, regulation by emotions of something else, generally refers to how emotions are regulated. Work at various timepoints in emotion generative process . Intrapersonal stuff within you: could regulate up or down, for both negative and positive affect. Want to feel angry up regulate negative emotion: could be initially deliberate but later learned and automatic/unconscious, may be used to make things better or worse depending on context. Problem-focused regulation strategies: selecting or modifying the situation. Appraisal-focused strategies for emotion regulation: cognitive restructuring: changing the way they think about a larger emotional issue or frequently occurring situation .
