Studies // Cited work
Knowing what you're feeling and knowing what to do about it: Mapping the relation between emotion differentiation and emotion regulation
Barrett, L. F., Gross, J., Christensen, T. C., & Benvenuto, M. (2001). Knowing what you're feeling and knowing what to do about it: Mapping the relation between emotion differentiation and emotion regulation.
Level D Cross-sectional study doi:10.1080/02699930143000239
What this study supports
Supports the claim that negative emotion differentiation was positively related to the frequency of negative emotion regulation, particularly at higher emotional intensity. Correlational; it cannot show that differentiation causes more regulation.
- Who was studied
- Participants completing a 14-day emotion diary and laboratory measures of emotion regulation.
- Design
- Cross-sectional study
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
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