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dc.contributor.authorZhang, J.
dc.contributor.authorLipp, Ottmar
dc.contributor.authorHu, P.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T03:01:56Z
dc.date.available2017-06-23T03:01:56Z
dc.date.created2017-06-19T03:39:30Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationZhang, J. and Lipp, O. and Hu, P. 2017. Individual differences in automatic emotion regulation interact with primed emotion regulation during an anger provocation. Frontiers in Psychology. 8:614.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53958
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00614
dc.description.abstract

The current study investigated the interactive effects of individual differences in automatic emotion regulation (AER) and primed emotion regulation strategy on skin conductance level (SCL) and heart rate during provoked anger. The study was a 2 × 2 [AER tendency (expression vs. control) × priming (expression vs. control)] between subject design. Participants were assigned to two groups according to their performance on an emotion regulation-IAT (differentiating automatic emotion control tendency and automatic emotion expression tendency). Then participants of the two groups were randomly assigned to two emotion regulation priming conditions (emotion control priming or emotion expression priming). Anger was provoked by blaming participants for slow performance during a subsequent backward subtraction task. In anger provocation, SCL of individuals with automatic emotion control tendencies in the control priming condition was lower than of those with automatic emotion control tendencies in the expression priming condition. However, SCL of individuals with automatic emotion expression tendencies did no differ in the automatic emotion control priming or the automatic emotion expression priming condition. Heart rate during anger provocation was higher in individuals with automatic emotion expression tendencies than in individuals with automatic emotion control tendencies regardless of priming condition. This pattern indicates an interactive effect of individual differences in AER and emotion regulation priming on SCL, which is an index of emotional arousal. Heart rate was only sensitive to the individual differences in AER, and did not reflect this interaction. This finding has implications for clinical studies of the use of emotion regulation strategy training suggesting that different practices are optimal for individuals who differ in AER tendencies.

dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundation
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150101540
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleIndividual differences in automatic emotion regulation interact with primed emotion regulation during an anger provocation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume8
dcterms.source.numberAPR
dcterms.source.issn1664-1078
dcterms.source.titleFrontiers in Psychology
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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