Do expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal affect memory?

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI:10.1037/emo0001562

Katharine H Greenaway, Sylvia C Lin, Sarah T O'Brien, Paul M Garrett, Jessica Marris, Elise K Kalokerinos

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Abstract

A widely cited idea in the emotion regulation literature holds that expressive suppression impairs memory while cognitive reappraisal has no effect on or may enhance memory relative to control. However, empirical evidence for these effects has been inconsistent. To provide a definitive test, we conducted four well-powered experiments with more than 4,000 participants to examine the effects of reappraisal and suppression of negative emotion (Experiments 1 and 3) and positive emotion (Experiments 2 and 4) on verbal and nonverbal memory. Results showed no consistent evidence for an effect of reappraisal on either type of memory, though expressive suppression of negative emotion consistently impaired verbal memory relative to control. Obtained effect sizes were small given successful emotion regulation manipulations and adequate statistical power (ds < 0.11). Conclusions are constrained to English-speaking online samples, and may not generalize to other types of memory. These findings highlight the need to systematically test widely accepted assumptions as a field. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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表达抑制和认知重评是否影响记忆？

情绪调节文献中一个被广泛引用的观点认为，表达抑制损害记忆，而认知重评对记忆没有影响，或者相对于控制可能会增强记忆。然而，这些影响的经验证据并不一致。为了提供一个明确的测试，我们对4000多名参与者进行了四个强有力的实验，以检查重新评价和抑制消极情绪（实验1和3）和积极情绪（实验2和4）对语言和非语言记忆的影响。结果显示，没有一致的证据表明重新评价对两种类型的记忆都有影响，尽管消极情绪的表达性抑制相对于控制组一贯损害了言语记忆。考虑到成功的情绪调节操作和足够的统计能力，获得的效应量很小（ds < 0.11）。结论仅限于说英语的在线样本，可能不适用于其他类型的记忆。这些发现突出了系统地检验被广泛接受的假设作为一个领域的必要性。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Emotion PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

325

审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Emotion publishes significant contributions to the study of emotion from a wide range of theoretical traditions and research domains. The journal includes articles that advance knowledge and theory about all aspects of emotional processes, including reports of substantial empirical studies, scholarly reviews, and major theoretical articles. Submissions from all domains of emotion research are encouraged, including studies focusing on cultural, social, temperament and personality, cognitive, developmental, health, or biological variables that affect or are affected by emotional functioning. Both laboratory and field studies are appropriate for the journal, as are neuroimaging studies of emotional processes.