Acceptance as an Emotion Regulation Strategy in Experimental Psychological Research: What We Know and How We Can Improve That Knowledge

Frontiers in Psychology

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Agnieszka Wojnarowska¹  Dorota Kobylinska¹  Karol Lewczuk² 

[1] Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw;Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University

关键词: acceptance;    emotion regulation strategies;    instructing acceptance;    experiments on emotion regulation;    emotion regulation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00242

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The concept of acceptance, understood as a self-regulation strategy based on an open andwelcoming attitude toward one’s own emotions, thoughts, or external events (Williams and Lynn,2010)1, is present in various domains of psychological research and practice. Previous studieshave brought important knowledge on the nature of this strategy, but very significant gaps in theknowledge still exist.The most important issues are as follows: (1) conceptual difficulties regarding acceptance as anemotion regulation strategy; (2) lack of coherence in operationalizations of acceptance in variousresearch; and (3) acceptance not being recognized as a distinct emotion regulation strategy in themost influential emotion regulation models. In the present paper we highlight and discuss theseissues in more detail and—based on this discussion, postulate directions for future experimentalresearch on acceptance.

【 授权许可】

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