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Emotion generation and emotion regulation: One or two depends on your point of view
Gross, J. J., & Feldman Barrett, L. (2011). Emotion generation and emotion regulation: One or two depends on your point of view.
Level D Theory doi:10.1177/1754073910380974
What this study supports
Supports the claim that whether emotion generation and emotion regulation can be distinguished depends on one's theoretical perspective on emotion. A conceptual argument, not an empirical test.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a theoretical article.
- Design
- Theory
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
TheoreticalLevel DConfidence HIGH
Whether emotion generation and emotion regulation can be usefully distinguished depends on one's theory of emotion, and the distinction is contested between modal and constructionist perspectives.
- Scope
- Theoretical debate in emotion science.
- Caveat
- The debate is about conceptual framing; it does not by itself invalidate experimental findings on regulation strategies.
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