THE ROLE OF AFFECTIVE UPDATING IN THE COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL STRATEGY OF EMOTION REGULATION

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https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i2.515

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Emotion regulation, cognitive reappraisal, executive functions, updating, suppression

Abstract

Recent studies show that executive functions play an essential role in different strategies of emotion regulation (ER). The present study explored updating of information in working memory as a possible cognitive basis of cognitive reappraisal. Updating of affective information was examined, in particular, because cognitive tasks using affective material might be more relevant for the research relating to executive functions and ER. Sixty-three participants with mean age of 21.31 (SD = 4.03; 61% female and 39% male) took part in the experiment. To measure affective updating, an affective version of the n-back task had been developed using emotional faces as stimuli. Cognitive reappraisal was measured with Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. A positive relationship was obtained between affective updating and cognitive reappraisal. It was suggested that ER should be more strongly related to affective rather than non-affective updating because ER requires the ability to control the processing of the emotional information particularly.

Author Biographies

  • Abdul-Raheem Mohammed, National Research University Higher School of Economics
    I am a PhD Student of the National Research University Higher School of
    Economics. My research area includes: executive functions, emotion regulation, interaction between emotion and cognition.
  • Dmitry Lyusin, (1) Department of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia (2) Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

     I am a Leading Research Fellow at the National Research University Higher School of Economics and a Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD. My research area includes: psychology of emotion, emotional information processing.

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2020-10-30

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020)

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Research Articles

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