Studies // Cited work
A person-by-situation approach to emotion regulation: Cognitive reappraisal can either help or hurt, depending on the context
Troy, A. S., Shallcross, A. J., & Mauss, I. B. (2013). A person-by-situation approach to emotion regulation: Cognitive reappraisal can either help or hurt, depending on the context.
Level D Cross-sectional study doi:10.1177/0956797613496434
What this study supports
Supports the claim that higher reappraisal ability was associated with lower depression under uncontrollable stress and with greater depression under controllable stress. Correlational; PubMed lists a 2016 erratum, which was not reviewed here.
- Who was studied
- 170 participants with measured reappraisal ability, recent life stress, stressor controllability and depression.
- Design
- Cross-sectional study
- 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.
EmpiricalLevel DConfidence MODERATE
Reappraisal is not adaptive everywhere: higher reappraisal ability was associated with lower depression under uncontrollable stress but greater depression under controllable stress, people are often unable to reappraise successfully, and reappraising to feel better is not always functional.
- Scope
- Everyday stress and depression in adults, and conceptual work on reappraisal.
- Caveat
- One correlational study and a conceptual review; the experimental evidence that reappraisal reduces emotional responses still stands.
Last reviewed · Review due · advice-reappraisal-depends-on-context