Emotion Regulation: The Science of Managing What We Feel

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An explainer of emotion regulation built on James Gross's process model, which distinguishes antecedent-focused strategies (situation selection and modification, attention deployment, cognitive reappraisal) from response-focused ones (suppression), and shows why reappraisal generally outperforms suppression for well-being. It covers the neuroscience of reappraisal, affect labeling, and rumination, and four case studies (Gross and John on individual differences, the Aldao meta-analysis, Troy on context-sensitivity, and Linehan on regulation deficits in borderline personality disorder), with the empirical evidence and critiques.

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1. 11 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   5 corrections applied: Gross's 1998 integrative review was published in Review of General Psychology, not Psychological Science (matches the article's own reference list). | Ochsner, Bunge, Gross & Gabrieli (2002) 'Rethinking feelings' appeared in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, not the Journal of Neuroscience. | Nolen-Hoeksema's 1991 response styles paper was published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, not Psychological Bulletin (matches the article's own reference list). | Gross's 2015 'Emotion regulation: Current status and future prospects' was published in Psychological Inquiry, not Emotion Review (matches the article's own reference list). | Mauss & Butler (2010) was published in Biological Psychology, not Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (matches the article's own reference list).

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   published a paper in Psychological Science that reorganized; published in the Journal of Neuroscience; articulated in a 1991 paper in Psychological Bulletin; extended process model, published in Emotion Review in 2015; Mauss and Butler (2010), in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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   published a paper in Review of General Psychology that reorganized; published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; articulated in a 1991 paper in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology; extended process model, published in Psychological Inquiry in 2015; Mauss and Butler (2010), in Biological Psychology

   Why: Verified live: all five journal-name corrections (Gross 1998, Ochsner et al. 2002, Nolen-Hoeksema 1991, Gross 2015, Mauss & Butler 2010) are already correctly present in both the article body and the bibliography reference list, consistent with each other. Excerpt/meta_description/seo_keywords/FAQ have no residual mention of any of the five unverified journal names. No further action needed.

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