Cognitive reappraisal is not always successful during pain anticipation: Stimulus-focused and goal-based reappraisal effects on self-reports and peripheral psychophysiology
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Cognitive reappraisal is not always successful during pain anticipation: Stimulus-focused and goal-based reappraisal effects on self-reports and peripheral psychophysiologyAuthor (s)
Date
2021-11-10Publisher
Elsevier B.V.ISSN
0167-8760Bibliographic citation
Jaén, I., Escrig, M. A., Wieser, M. J., García-Palacios, A., & Pastor, M. C. (2021). Cognitive reappraisal is not always successful during pain anticipation: Stimulus-focused and goal-based reappraisal effects on self-reports and peripheral psychophysiology. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 170, 210-217.Type
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Abstract
The present study aims at comparing the effects of two subtypes of cognitive reappraisal (i.e., stimulus-focused
vs. goal-based reappraisal) to reduce anticipatory anxiety of pain. Affective ratings, startle reflex, ... [+]
The present study aims at comparing the effects of two subtypes of cognitive reappraisal (i.e., stimulus-focused
vs. goal-based reappraisal) to reduce anticipatory anxiety of pain. Affective ratings, startle reflex, and autonomic
measures (electrodermal and heart rate changes) were used as a measure of emotion regulation success. A total of
86 undergraduate students completed an anticipatory task in which they had to regulate their negative emotions
or react naturally when faced with the possibility of receiving a painful thermal stimulus. Participants were
randomly assigned to two experimental groups to compare the stimulus-focused and goal-based strategies
explored here. Our results revealed enhanced self-reported anxiety, electrodermal activity and eyeblink response
when participants tried to voluntarily down-regulate their negative emotions, compared to the control instruction. Differences between both cognitive reappraisal groups were not found. These unexpected findings suggest
that brief reappraisal instructions may not necessarily be favorable for regulating emotions during anticipation of
aversive events. Moreover, these results are further explained in terms of the pain expectation, the painful stimuli
modality, and emotion regulation instructions. [-]
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International Journal of Psychophysiology, Vol. 170 (December 2021)Funder Name
Universitat Jaume I
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GPPSUJI/2019/01 | UJI-B2019-34 | PREDOC/2017/26 | POSDOC-A/2018/16
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