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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.
This statement illustrates that, contrary to the expectation of the repression literature that repression is a decisive constraint on social movements, dissidents under repression have agency and can respond to repression by adopting different strategies.
Abstract. There is growing interest in understanding how emotion regulation affects adaptation. The present study examined expressive suppression (which involves inhibiting the overt expression of emotion) and how it affects one critical domain of adaptation, social functioning.
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
Jun 12, 2021 · To the extent that individuals inhibit their emotional expressions—especially the expression of negative emotions directed at the social system—they are unlikely to participate in collective action aimed at improving the status quo, even if they disapprove of the way things are.
- Nevin Solak, Maya Tamir, Nebi Sümer, John T. Jost, Eran Halperin
- 2021
Jan 22, 2015 · Expressive suppression may have no effect on negative emotional experience (Egloff et al. 2006; Gross and Levenson 1993), may be effective for reducing negative feelings (Webb et al. 2012), or may even increase negative affect (Brans et al. 2013).
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Repression is a psychological defense mechanism that plays a critical role in shaping our mental and emotional landscape. Introduced by Sigmund Freud, repression involves unconsciously blocking unwanted thoughts, memories, and emotions from entering conscious awareness.
