RT Journal Article
T1 Moment-to-Moment Interplay Among Stress Appraisals and Emotion Regulation Flexibility in Daily Life
A1 Socastro, Ángela
A1 Everaert, Jonas
A1 Boemo Prieto, Teresa
A1 Blanco, Ivan
A1 Rodríguez Carvajal, Raquel
A1 Sánchez López, Álvaro
AB Flexible use of emotion regulation (ER) strategies in daily life is theorized to depend on appraisals of occurring stressful events. Yet, to date, little is known about (a) how appraisals of the current situation modulate the use of ER strategies in daily life and (b) how individual differences in affective symptoms impact these relations among appraisals and ER strategy use. This study attempted to address these two limitations using a 5-day experience sampling protocol, with three surveys administered per day in a sample of 97 participants. Each survey measured momentary appraisals of stress intensity and controllability as well as ER strategy use (i.e., rumination, reappraisal, avoidance, and active coping). Results showed that, in situations of low-stress intensity, higher stress controllability was related to greater use of reappraisal and rumination. In situations of high-stress intensity, higher controllability was related to reduced use of rumination. This pattern of flexible use of ER strategies depending on momentary stress appraisals was found for both rumination and avoidance and occurred specifically in individuals reporting lower levels of depression and/or anxiety levels. These findings provide new insight into how flexible use of ER strategies in daily life is modulated by interactions between stress intensity and controllability appraisals at varying levels of affective symptoms.
PB Springer Nature
SN 2662-2041
YR 2022
FD 2022-06-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71715
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71715
LA eng
NO CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2022)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025