A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wang, Ke, Goldenberg, Amit, Dorison, Charles A., Miller, Jeremy K., Uusberg, Andero, Lerner, Jennifer S., Gross, James J., Agesin, Bamikole Bamikole, Bernardo, Márcia, Campos, Olatz, and others. (2021) A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5 (8). pp. 1089-1110. ISSN 2397-3374. (doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:94747)

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about a situation. Participants from 87 countries and regions (n = 21,644) were randomly assigned to one of two brief reappraisal interventions (reconstrual or repurposing) or one of two control conditions (active or passive). Results revealed that both reappraisal interventions (vesus both control conditions) consistently reduced negative emotions and increased positive emotions across different measures. Reconstrual and repurposing interventions had similar effects. Importantly, planned exploratory analyses indicated that reappraisal interventions did not reduce intentions to practice preventive health behaviours. The findings demonstrate the viability of creating scalable, low-cost interventions for use around the world.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x
Uncontrolled keywords:	COVID-19, Human behaviour, Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Giovanni Travaglino
Date Deposited:	25 Apr 2022 13:46 UTC
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2022 13:47 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/94747 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Travaglino, Giovanni A..

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