Effectiveness of strategies regulating others' negative emotions: Moderated effects of the intensity of negative emotions

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14402
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Konan University
• Principal Investigator: Nozaki Yuki 甲南大学, 文学部, 講師 (50801396)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 情動調整 / 情動コンピテンス / 社会情緒的能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aims to identify strategies that can effectively regulate others' negative emotions according to emotional intensity. In theoretical research, we defined the concept of "extrinsic emotion regulation" and proposed a theoretical framework through which extrinsic emotion regulation occurs as a basis for categorizing strategies for regulating others' emotions. In empirical research, we analyzed the content of text-based online communication in an online forum. The results revealed that "problem-solving" and "reappraisal" showed positive effects on the alleviation of relatively less intense negative emotions. However, these effects were neither positive nor negative in regulating relatively intense negative emotions.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は，「自己の情動の調整」と「他者の情動の調整」の類似点と相違点を明らかにすることで，近年注目を集める「他者の情動の調整」研究の新たな進展に貢献したものである。さらに，近年，社会情緒的能力のトレーニングが教育現場や企業で行われているが，本研究は，トレーニングの基盤となる効果的な情動調整に関する理論的枠組みと実証的知見を新たに提供するものである。これにより，トレーニング内容の洗練という形で，社会的にも貢献しうる点に本研究の意義がある。