2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The adaptive value of negative emotions : moderator effect of regulatory resouce
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21730555
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Clinical psychology
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| Research Institution | Tsuru University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | セルフコントロール / ネガティブ感情 / 制御資源 |
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| Research Abstract |
Traditionally, it has been said that negative emotions like fear, depression, or anger, were maladaptive for individual physical or mental health or cognitive activities. Recent evidence from social and evolution psychology, however, have indicated that negative emotions sometimes functions adaptively than positive emotions. The present research tried to clarify that moderation effect of regulatory resource on the relation between negative emotions and psychological adaptation.
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