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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001658

Darcianne K Watanabe, Alexandra T Tyra, Annie T Ginty, Julian F Thayer

{"title":"Heart rate variability and emotion regulation: Multiethnic differences in reappraisal and suppression.","authors":"Darcianne K Watanabe, Alexandra T Tyra, Annie T Ginty, Julian F Thayer","doi":"10.1037/emo0001658","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001658","url":null,"abstract":"Recent work found ethnic differences in the association between resting heart rate variability (HRV), an index of emotion regulation (ER) capacity, and ER difficulties. The present study examined whether this relationship exists among American adults from other marginalized ethnic backgrounds living in the United States, African American (AfAm) and Hispanic or Latino Americans (Hispanics), which remains unexplored in the literature. We addressed this gap by investigating whether self-reported ethnicity differentially moderated the relationship between log-transformed high-frequency HRV and ER, indexed by suppression and reappraisal. A total of 1,047 emerging adults (Mage = 19.7 years [1.7]) had complete ER and resting 10-min HRV data (82 AfAm [65% women], 183 Asians [52% women], 228 Hispanics [59% women], and 554 non-Hispanic White [NHW; 60% women]). HRV was highest among AfAm and Hispanics and lowest among Asian individuals. Linear regression, adjusting for waist circumference and sex, revealed that the HRV-reappraisal associations were of greater magnitude among self-identified ethnic minorities than NHW, despite similar mean levels of reappraisal. AfAm and Hispanics showed statistically similar negative associations, while similar marginal positive associations were observed among Asians and NHW. In contrast, AfAm and Asian individuals showed a statistically similar positive HRV-suppression association, which differed marginally from NHW. NHW reported lower suppression compared to all groups and showed a unique negative HRV-suppression association. Findings suggest that neurovisceral capacity and sociocultural contexts may jointly establish culturally patterned regulatory behavior in American cultural contexts. Additional social contexts, including geographical locations and discrimination, should be investigated as mediators of these associations in future work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1449-1466"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12974241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Painful politics: Negative affect and the role of emotion regulation during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. 痛苦的政治：2020年美国总统选举中的负面影响和情绪调节的作用。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001652

Tyrone J Sgambati, Conrado Eiroa-Solans, Ozlem N Ayduk

{"title":"Painful politics: Negative affect and the role of emotion regulation during the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.","authors":"Tyrone J Sgambati, Conrado Eiroa-Solans, Ozlem N Ayduk","doi":"10.1037/emo0001652","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001652","url":null,"abstract":"Presidential elections are a period of heightened negative affect for many Americans. Emotion regulation strategies are known to alleviate single-shot experiences of negative affect, but it is unclear how some of these strategies work in the context of recurring negative affect, like the days surrounding a presidential election. The present research examined these issues in the context of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election by collecting data from an online sample of U.S. partisans at four distinct assessments, spanning the day prior to Election Day to 1 week after Election Day. We find that Democrats reported significantly more negative affect than Republicans prior to the race being called, and as expected, Joe Biden's projected victory corresponded to increases in negative affect among Republicans and decreases among Democrats. Examining how the use of seven emotion regulation strategies was associated with changes in negative affect revealed that, broadly, cognitive change strategies (i.e., reappraisal, self-distancing, acceptance) were associated with decreases in negative affect, while disengagement-focused strategies (i.e., situational avoidance, distraction, cognitive suppression) were associated with increases in negative affect. Crucially, we detected differences in the source of these effects, with the effects of reappraisal and self-distancing occurring at the dispositional level (between-person), and those of acceptance and expressive suppression occurring at the state level (within-person). This study provides valuable insights into how different patterns of emotion regulation may affect negative affect caused by heightened political tensions and highlights the importance of separating between- and within-person variance when assessing these processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1493-1506"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Managing loved ones' emotions: The promise and pitfalls of reappraisal. 管理爱人的情绪：重新评估的承诺和陷阱。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001648

Yitong Zhao, Natalie M Sisson, Victoria Pringle, Angela M Smith, Elizabeth U Long, Norhan Elsaadawy, Erika Carlson, Brett Q Ford

{"title":"Managing loved ones' emotions: The promise and pitfalls of reappraisal.","authors":"Yitong Zhao, Natalie M Sisson, Victoria Pringle, Angela M Smith, Elizabeth U Long, Norhan Elsaadawy, Erika Carlson, Brett Q Ford","doi":"10.1037/emo0001648","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001648","url":null,"abstract":"People may often attempt to support a loved one by changing how that loved one interprets a stressful situation (i.e., other-focused cognitive reappraisal). However, there are many specific ways in which a situation can be reframed, and while some reappraisal tactics may be effective, other tactics may be inert or possibly backfire-even when used with good intentions. We propose that it is useful to distinguish between decommitment tactics that involve decommitting from a previously held perspective (e.g., reducing severity: \"It is not as bad as it seems\"; situational acceptance: \"It is out of your hands\") and commitment tactics that involve committing to an alternative perspective (e.g., finding benefits: \"This will help you grow\"; enhancing controllability: \"You can handle this\"). Across a pilot study (N = 963, collected in 2022), a longitudinal study (N = 261, collected in 2021), and a round-robin study (N = 344, collected in 2024), we investigated how regulators' use of different tactics to manage loved ones' (i.e., recipients') emotions predicted recipient and relationship outcomes in diverse samples. Across studies, people commonly used each tactic to regulate recipients' emotions. However, only the commitment tactics (enhancing controllability and finding benefits) consistently predicted better outcomes across three studies-improved recipient emotional experience and feelings of being supported and, in turn, better recipient well-being and relationship quality-while both decommitment tactics (reducing severity and situational acceptance) were inert and sometimes linked to worse interpersonal outcomes. These findings highlight the complex implications of managing loved ones' emotions using reappraisal. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1507-1528"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Co-imagination fosters shared emotions of future experiences. 共同想象培养了对未来经历的共同情感。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-26 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001659

Zoë Fowler, Kyle Fiore Law, Oliver R Bontkes, Arushi Srivastava, Christopher Oveis, Daniela J Palombo, Brendan Bo O'Connor

{"title":"Co-imagination fosters shared emotions of future experiences.","authors":"Zoë Fowler, Kyle Fiore Law, Oliver R Bontkes, Arushi Srivastava, Christopher Oveis, Daniela J Palombo, Brendan Bo O'Connor","doi":"10.1037/emo0001659","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001659","url":null,"abstract":"Emotions play a crucial role in a host of goal-directed cognitive processes such as imagining and planning for the future. From hope to despair, shared emotions within representations of the future can motivate farsighted decisions and facilitate social coordination. Though interpersonal dynamics are critical to theories of emotion, imagination has been primarily studied as a process occurring within individuals rather than between them. Nevertheless, humans readily imagine their futures together. Here, we test the hypothesis that such collaborative imagination (co-imagination) of shared future experiences promotes emotional convergence in future event representations among individuals. Analyzing data from two experiments conducted in 2019 and 2021, involving university and Prolific participants (N = 204), we use natural language models to code individual narratives for a rich and complex array of emotional states. These studies demonstrate that co-imagination in novel dyads fosters alignment in the emotions partners express within their individual representations of the shared future, more so than independently imagining future events using the same cues. This work illuminates a new framework and mechanism for the formation of shared emotions within representations of the future. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1378-1394"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147515828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Behavioral consequences of blunting fear with acetaminophen. 用对乙酰氨基酚减弱恐惧的行为后果。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001610

Savannah Yerman, Pat Barclay

{"title":"Behavioral consequences of blunting fear with acetaminophen.","authors":"Savannah Yerman, Pat Barclay","doi":"10.1037/emo0001610","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001610","url":null,"abstract":"The widely used painkiller acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) has been found to blunt various emotional states and evaluations, possibly through the same mechanisms by which it dulls the affective component of physical pain. However, there are limited investigations into the behavioral consequences of blunting emotions pharmacologically. Previous work has demonstrated that acetaminophen lessens risk perception and increases risk-taking in tasks with low-stakes incentives, though no studies have tested its effects in fear-inducing contexts that require evaluating safety risk. As fear promotes behaviors that keep us safe, dampening fear could alter how people respond to threatening situations. To test this possibility, 260 participants were given either 1,000 mg of acetaminophen or placebo capsules prior to a frightening virtual reality plank walk at extreme heights. Compared to the placebo group, those on acetaminophen took less time to step onto the plank, walked across it faster, and had lower heart rates. These findings suggest that acetaminophen may reduce protective behaviors associated with the fear response, raising potential safety concerns for everyday users. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1315-1322"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146214140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How honesty shapes the personal and interpersonal benefits of gratitude. 诚实如何塑造感恩对个人和人际关系的好处。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001662

Bonnie M Le, Claire J Shimshock, Princeton X Chee, Jenny D V Le

{"title":"How honesty shapes the personal and interpersonal benefits of gratitude.","authors":"Bonnie M Le, Claire J Shimshock, Princeton X Chee, Jenny D V Le","doi":"10.1037/emo0001662","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001662","url":null,"abstract":"Honesty is highly valued in our close relationships, yet much of our understanding of honesty in interpersonal contexts has focused on the effects of sharing threatening information. In the current work, we examine how honesty may promote benefits in positive contexts, particularly during expressions of gratitude between romantic partners. Specifically, we examined whether expressed, perceived, and accurate perceptions of honesty about gratitude strengthen personal and relationship well-being. Romantic couples (Ncouples = 214, Nindividuals = 418) participated in a 14-day daily experience study (Study 1a) and a background survey, in-person lab interaction, and 3-month follow-up survey (Study 1b). Couples reported on their expressed and perceived honesty about a gratitude event, well-being, and felt appreciation. Results indicated that expressed honesty predicted intrapersonal benefits, with those who were more honest in their gratitude expressions experiencing greater personal and relationship well-being in the moment and across daily life. Perceived honesty predicted both intra- and interpersonal benefits. Those who perceived a partner to be honest about gratitude experienced greater personal well-being, relationship satisfaction, and felt gratitude in the moment, across daily life, and over time; additionally, their partners experienced greater relationship well-being in the moment and across daily life. Accurate perceptions of honest gratitude expressions did not predict any outcomes. Results could not be explained by baseline relationship satisfaction, expresser authenticity, or (perceived) gratitude intensity. Collectively, these results indicate that perceiving greater honesty about gratitude-regardless of a partner's actual honesty or accuracy in perceiving that honesty-is most consequential to couple well-being and feelings of being appreciated. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1346-1360"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146214155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dynamics of emotion expression in tweets are associated with depression and anxiety. 推特上的情绪表达动态与抑郁和焦虑有关。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001666

Daniel Joinson, Edwin Simpson, Nello Cristianini, Nina H Di Cara, Claire M A Haworth, Oliver S P Davis

{"title":"Dynamics of emotion expression in tweets are associated with depression and anxiety.","authors":"Daniel Joinson, Edwin Simpson, Nello Cristianini, Nina H Di Cara, Claire M A Haworth, Oliver S P Davis","doi":"10.1037/emo0001666","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001666","url":null,"abstract":"Mental health can influence both the intensity and dynamics of emotion expression. For example, persistent and intense negative emotions are symptoms of depression and anxiety. Such patterns could reflect maladaptive or impaired emotion regulation. Researching the relationships between the dynamics of emotion expression and mental health can improve our understanding of the experiences that characterize these conditions and help inform their prevention and treatment. Many previous studies rely on self-reports of emotion, a limitation that could be addressed by assessing emotion expression in social media posts. We used Twitter (now \"X\") data, from 2020 to 2022, and gold-standard questionnaire measures of mental health from 230 adult participants in a U.K. longitudinal study to explore the relationships between the dynamics of emotion expression in tweets and mental health. We compared results generated using three different sentiment analysis methods. We found evidence that posting tweets that expressed more positive and less negative emotions was associated with reduced symptoms of anxiety. Expressing positive emotions at a greater variability was also associated with reduced anxiety symptoms in our participants. There was much less evidence that variability in negative emotions and instability in any emotion were associated with mental health. Mood disorders, such as anxiety, may be characterized by more negative emotions and a reduced ability to respond to positive internal and external stimuli. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1477-1492"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ew! Yuck! Ugh! Nonverbal vocalizations of pathogen and moral disgust. 哟!讨厌的东西!啊!病原体和道德厌恶的非语言发声。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-16 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001668

Roza G Kamiloğlu, Christiaan Meijer, Disa A Sauter, Joshua M Tybur

{"title":"Ew! Yuck! Ugh! Nonverbal vocalizations of pathogen and moral disgust.","authors":"Roza G Kamiloğlu, Christiaan Meijer, Disa A Sauter, Joshua M Tybur","doi":"10.1037/emo0001668","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001668","url":null,"abstract":"Nonverbal vocalizations like \"Ew!\" and \"Ugh!\" are often used to communicate disgust. While disgust evolved primarily to promote the avoidance of pathogens (pathogen disgust), it is also expressed toward moral violations (moral disgust). In this study, we investigated whether vocalizations of pathogen and moral disgust are acoustically distinct and whether listeners can differentiate between them. To do so, we conducted machine learning analyses of acoustic parameters and two preregistered listening experiments (all conducted in 2023). Based on a data set of 1,000 spontaneous disgust vocalizations, six machine learning classifiers with fivefold cross-validation were able to distinguish between pathogen and moral disgust vocalizations with above-chance accuracy (AUC = 0.73). In a listening experiment (n = 200), participants differentiated between the two types of disgust vocalizations above chance (62%). In a second listening study (n = 680), listeners rated pathogen disgust vocalizations as expressing stronger avoidance motivations and as sounding more negative than moral disgust vocalizations. Together, these findings demonstrate that pathogen and moral disgust vocalizations are both acoustically and perceptually distinguishable. These findings align with the putative functional differences between pathogen and moral disgust. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1551-1563"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147475946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Unraveling the cycle of depression: Dynamics of state depression, state attachment, and social emotion regulation among psychiatric patients. 揭示抑郁的循环：精神病人的状态抑郁、状态依恋和社会情绪调节的动态。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-26 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001670

Yingying Ye, Yifan Li, XiangJie Qin, Shengzhong Wei, Tingting Long, Xifan Yin, Yibo Wang, Liang Xu, Xiao Zhou, Martin H Teicher

{"title":"Unraveling the cycle of depression: Dynamics of state depression, state attachment, and social emotion regulation among psychiatric patients.","authors":"Yingying Ye, Yifan Li, XiangJie Qin, Shengzhong Wei, Tingting Long, Xifan Yin, Yibo Wang, Liang Xu, Xiao Zhou, Martin H Teicher","doi":"10.1037/emo0001670","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001670","url":null,"abstract":"Attachment and social emotion regulation strategies play crucial roles in social interactions and are associated with the maintenance and exacerbation of depressive symptoms. However, previous studies have relied on retrospective questionnaire surveys, which are susceptible to recall bias and limit the ability to capture dynamic interactions among depression, attachment, and social emotion regulation-particularly in psychiatric patients. Therefore, this study employed the experience sampling method to investigate the dynamic relationships among state depression, state attachment, and social emotion regulation in diagnosed psychiatric patients. Participants (N = 205; Mage = 31.87, SDage = 11.44; 69.8% female) with depression or anxiety disorders provided self-reports of state depression, state attachment (security, anxiety, and avoidance), and social emotion regulation (social sharing and expressive suppression) three times daily over 10 days, resulting in a total of 4,711 momentary assessments. Data were analyzed using dynamic structural equation modeling. The results provided preliminary evidence for two cyclical patterns of depression at the within-person level: (a) State depression was associated with increased social sharing at subsequent measurements, either directly or indirectly via heightened state attachment anxiety at the next time point. In turn, social sharing predicted a momentary reduction in state depression at the next measurement. (b) State attachment anxiety and state depression reinforced each other in a reciprocal cycle. Both were associated with increased expressive suppression at the subsequent measurement. These findings highlight the importance of attachment insecurity and social emotion regulation in maintaining depression, providing empirical support for interventions aimed at breaking the cycle of depression. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1573-1586"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147515772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Emotion-specific verbal fluency relates to the intensity and variety of emotional experiences but not their specificity. 情绪特异性语言流畅性与情绪体验的强度和多样性有关，但与它们的特异性无关。

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Emotion Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1037/emo0001664

Jolie B Wormwood, Tess Reid, Alexandra Ecker, Kristen D Petagna, Kaitlyn M McMullen, Karen S Quigley

{"title":"Emotion-specific verbal fluency relates to the intensity and variety of emotional experiences but not their specificity.","authors":"Jolie B Wormwood, Tess Reid, Alexandra Ecker, Kristen D Petagna, Kaitlyn M McMullen, Karen S Quigley","doi":"10.1037/emo0001664","DOIUrl":"10.1037/emo0001664","url":null,"abstract":"Individual differences in the intensity (e.g., emotional reactivity and mean affect), variety (e.g., emodiversity and range of emotions), and specificity (e.g., emotional granularity and alexithymia) of self-reported emotion experiences throughout daily life are important indicators of mental health and well-being. As commonly measured, these constructs reflect differences in how individuals employ emotion concept words to report their feelings. Here, we examined how emotion fluency (the number of emotion concept words one can readily access) relates to the intensity, variety, and specificity of individuals' reported emotion experiences using both retrospective self-report questionnaires and measures derived from emotion experience ratings over a 6-week experience sampling protocol. Those higher in emotion fluency reported experiencing more intense emotions, particularly negative emotions, and a wider variety of emotions over time (e.g., greater emodiversity) even when controlling general verbal fluency. However, emotion fluency was not related to measures associated with the specificity or precision with which one uses emotion concepts to report their experiences (e.g., emotional granularity and alexithymia). Findings suggest that having ready access to many emotion concepts may enable a person to use a lot of different emotion concepts when reporting feelings, but that greater emotion fluency does not necessarily result in using those concepts in more specific, context-dependent ways. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48417,"journal":{"name":"Emotion","volume":" ","pages":"1467-1476"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147391308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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