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Repression has been defined as the tendency to inhibit—consciously or unconsciously—the experience and expression of negative emotions or unpleasant cognitions in order to prevent one’s positive self-image from being threatened.
Drawing on these results, we offer three possible mechanisms by which suppression may disrupt social functioning. First, to the extent that suppression is successful, it will dissociate an individual’s internal emotional experience from the information available to that individual’s social partners.
Jul 25, 2007 · Repression has been defined as the tendency to inhibit—consciously or unconsciously—the experience and expression of negative emotions or unpleasant cognitions in order to prevent one’s positive self-image from being threatened.
- Bert Garssen
- bgarssen@hdi.nl
- 2007
While repression can provide short-term relief from emotional distress, it often leads to long-term negative consequences if left unaddressed. It can hinder emotional growth, strain relationships, and contribute to mental and physical health issues.
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- Self-Regulatory Strength
- Expressive Suppression
- Negative Affect
- Relationship Satisfaction
- Constructive Social Behavior
We preprocessed HR measures for artifacts using the Polar Precision Performance™ Software followed by a visual screening. We then used the HRV Analysis program (Niskanen et al. 2004) to apply a frequency-based technique of power spectral analysis to extract high-frequency components (0.15–0.4 Hz; HF-HRV) that primarily reflect cardiac vagal influen...
Participants rated the extent to which they had tried to (a) not show their emotions and (b) control their emotions by not showing them using a 6-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all true) to 6 (totally true).
Participants rated how they felt directly after the discussion on eight items using a 5-point scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely). The items came from the German translation of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule—Extended (PANAS-X; Grühn et al. 2010; Watson and Clark 1994).
Relationship satisfaction was assessed using two items adapted from the Relationship Assessment Scale (Hendrick 1988; Sander and Böcker 1993). Participants rated the extent to which (a) their partner met their needs and (b) they felt satisfied with the relationship at that moment using a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 5 (completely).
We assessed two aspects of constructive social behavior: establishing equality and conflict resolution. We used observer ratings that represent a normative judgment, which is a valid criterion for socially constructive behavior. Furthermore, observer ratings are less biased by self-presentation and self-deception than self-reports. Reliability was ...
- Fay C. M. Geisler, Michela Schröder-Abé
- 2015
This study examined romantic partner responsiveness and the dispositional tendency to use emotional approach coping (EAC; the processing and expression of emotions) as moderators of the effects of experimentally manipulated emotional expression on stress responses to a laboratory stressor.
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Feb 12, 2013 · Particularly, we will argue (1) that emotional experiences tend to be congruent with culturally central values, ideals, goals, and concerns, (2) that regulation towards culturally congruent emotions often takes place at the point of emotion elicitation, and (3) that regulation happens at the levels of individual tendencies, relational co-regulat...
