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The Effects of Attention Control on Emotion Regulation
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Leever, William J.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1459345217
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Year and Degree
2016, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
Abstract
Research has demonstrated that attention is a central component of emotion regulation (Gross, 2015). The current study examined the impact of attention control strategies (i.e., mindfulness, worry, and distraction) on emotional responses. Eighty male and female (ages 18-28) undergraduate students from a small Midwestern university participated in the study. Participants viewed a series of standardized emotion-evoking slides and rated their emotional responses before and after undergoing an experimental mood induction. Participants were also given the opportunity to participate in a behavioral engagement task. Results indicated there were no statistically significant differences between the groups’ emotional responses to the slides. Nonetheless, participants in the mindfulness group were more willing to voluntarily view emotionally distressing slides than participants in the worry and unfocused attention groups. The findings provide modest support for the assertion that mindfulness is an adaptive attentional control strategy.
Committee
Nicholas Salsman, Ph.D. ABPP (Committee Chair)
Pages
45 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
Keywords
emotion regulation
;
attention
;
mindfulness
;
worry
;
distraction
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Leever, W. J. (2016).
The Effects of Attention Control on Emotion Regulation
[Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1459345217
APA Style (7th edition)
Leever, William.
The Effects of Attention Control on Emotion Regulation.
2016. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1459345217.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Leever, William. "The Effects of Attention Control on Emotion Regulation." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1459345217
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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