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The 4R Model of Mood and Emotion for Sustainable Mental Health in Organisational Settings

Beedie, Christopher, Lane, Andrew M., Udberg, Robert, Terry, Peter C. (2022) The 4R Model of Mood and Emotion for Sustainable Mental Health in Organisational Settings. Sustainability, 14 (18). Article Number 11670. ISSN 2071-1050. (doi:10.3390/su141811670) (KAR id:106882)

Abstract

Organisations are aware of the need to maintain the mental health of their employees. People’s capacity to recognise and manage their moods and emotions is critical to sustainable mental health, performance, and quality of life, while failure to do so can result in underperformance, disengagement, and in some cases, mental illness. Employees of organisations that provide an appropriate strategy and support are likely to experience sustained psychological and mental health benefits. In this paper, we synthesise previous research into a theoretical framework distinguishing mood from emotion via both top-down (cognitive) and bottom-up (biological) factors. We propose a 4R model to help individuals Recognise a mood as distinct from an emotion, or vice-versa, and respond in one of three ways; Restore, Resolve, or Regulate. The model posits mood as an interoceptive signal of internal biological homeostasis, and emotion as a signal of external, often social, events that disrupt homeostasis; mood and emotion serve as internal and external bio-affective feedback loops, respectively. We propose that mood is modified positively by the restoration of homeostasis, whereas emotion is modified positively by behavioural resolution of the emotion-eliciting event. The 4R model is low-cost, preventative, and can be applied peer-to-peer in organisations without expert supervision.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.3390/su141811670
Uncontrolled keywords: affect; emotion; feeling; mental health; mood; organisation; performance
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2024 13:19 UTC
Last Modified: 23 Aug 2024 13:27 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/106882 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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