Studies // Cited work
Reappraising reappraisal: An expanded view
Uusberg, A., Ford, B., Uusberg, H., & Gross, J. J. (2023). Reappraising reappraisal: An expanded view.
Level D Theory doi:10.1080/02699931.2023.2208340
What this study supports
Supports the conceptual claim that reappraisal is a family of tactics (reconstrual and repurposing, object- and meta-level, decommitment and commitment). It proposes a map; it does not test the tactics' effectiveness.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a theoretical paper expanding the reAppraisal framework.
- 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 MODERATE
Reappraisal is better described as a family of tactics, changing how a situation is construed or which goals are used to evaluate it, than as a single technique.
- Scope
- A recent theoretical framework for the cognitive mechanisms of reappraisal.
- Caveat
- The eight-tactic map is a proposal; the relative effectiveness of the tactics has not been established.
Last reviewed · Review due · reappraisal-family-of-tactics
TheoreticalLevel DConfidence MODERATE
Reappraisal is defined as changing the appraisal of a situation or of one's goals, and instructed cognitive change reliably shifts emotional outcomes; whether its effects run specifically through changed appraisals is less directly tested.
- Scope
- The conceptual link between appraisal theory and reappraisal research.
- Caveat
- Graded as theory because the mechanism, not the effect, is the claim; the effect itself is supported by meta-analytic experimental evidence.
Last reviewed · Review due · reappraisal-targets-appraisal