Objective The overarching goal of the proposed research is to identify factors that promote successful emotion regulation. This effort is important because successful emotion regulation (i.e. attempts to increase or decrease emotional experiences) is critical for mental health and well-being. Prior research has highlighted three social-cognitive categories that shape the process of self-regulation: (1) beliefs about control, (2) goals and values, and (3) skills and strategies. In the domain of emotion regulation, considerable attention has been given to skills and strategies. In addition, some of my own work has examined how goals and values impact emotion regulation. The proposed research seeks to bridge the remaining gap by testing the role of beliefs about control in shaping emotion regulation. I propose five studies to test whether beliefs about the controllability of emotion and beliefs about one’s ability to control one’s emotions influence whether people engage in emotion regulation, how much effort they exert, and how successful they are at emotion regulation. Study 1 will assess associations between beliefs about control and successful emotion regulation. Studies 2a and 2b will manipulate beliefs about control and assess their implications for emotion regulation and experience. Studies 3a and 3b will test whether manipulating beliefs about control promotes adaptive coping with stressful life events. I predict that people who believe emotions can be controlled and those who believe they have the ability to control their emotions will try harder to regulate their emotions and experience more adaptive emotions as a result. Support for my predictions would point to future cost-effective interventions that promote successful emotion regulation. By facilitating the reintegration of a successful scientist and enabling her to conduct this promising research, support for the proposed project would greatly contribute to EU excellence and competitiveness. Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG - Marie Curie Action: "Reintegration Grants" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRG - International Re-integration Grants (IRG) Coordinator THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM EU contribution € 100 000,00 Address EDMOND J SAFRA CAMPUS GIVAT RAM 91904 Jerusalem Israel See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Hani Ben Yehuda (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
