Integrative emotion regulation relates to sympathy and support for outgroups-Independent of situational outgroup behaviour.

ABSTRACT: Intergroup emotions powerfully shape intergroup relations. Anger and fear fuel, while hope and sympathy reduce intergroup strife. This implies that emotion regulation may play an important role in improving intergroup relations. Broadening the scope of prior research, we herein investigate the potential benefits of integrative emotion regulation for improving intergroup relations. Integrative emotion regulation involves actively paying attention to emotions to determine which information they provide. Interindividual differences in the use of integrative emotion regulation correlate with sympathy and supportiveness towards outgroups, but why this is the case is unclear. We tested two possible explanations: a person effect (i.e., interindividual differences in integrative emotion regulation

SUBMITTER: Ditrich L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10769030 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature