Reappraising negative emotions reduces distress during the COVID-19 outbreak

Reout Arbel; Sarit F.A. Szpiro; Jasmine Sagi; Marlyn Khuri; Lior Berkovits; Noga Cohen

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-03642-6

Reappraising negative emotions reduces distress during the COVID-19 outbreak

Reout Arbel, Sarit F.A. Szpiro, Jasmine Sagi, Marlyn Khuri, Lior Berkovits, Noga Cohen

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In two studies, we examined the utility of intrinsic (i.e., self) versus extrinsic (i.e., other) reappraisal training for distress reduction during two consecutive COVID-19 lockdowns in Israel. In both Study 1 (n = 104) and Study 2 (n = 181), participants practiced the use of reappraisal for eight sessions across three weeks. Participants were trained to reappraise either a personal event (self-reappraisal group) or an incident presumably written by another participant (other-reappraisal group). Study 2 also included an untrained control group. Outcome measures were daily negative mood and psychological distress immediately at post-training and at a two-month follow-up. The results demonstrate a benefit for training compared to no training in lowering immediate post-training distress and daily negative emotions. However, this advantage disappeared at the two-month follow-up. In both studies, intrinsic reappraisal was associated with lower post-training distress than extrinsic reappraisal. Findings suggest reappraising negative experiences may lower distress at times of major contextual stress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Current Psychology
Volume	43
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03642-6
State	Published - 15 Sep 2022

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COVID-19
Pandemic
Reappraisal
Social emotion regulation
Training

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