The Role of Depression in Relationships between Reappraisal Affordances, Choice, and Success.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The choice of emotion regulation (ER) strategies depends on contextual characteristics, and the flexible choice of ER strategies based on context is essential for psychological health, including depression. Focusing on reappraisal, this study examined how perceived reappraisal affordances (the inherent potential of a situation for semantic reappraisal) -a reappraisal-related situational factor-are linked to the success of reappraisal use via reappraisal choice and investigated the role of depression in this mediation.

Methods

Eighty participants (40 individuals with major depressive disorder [MDD] and 40 non-depressed controls) read eight vignettes describing negative-emotion-evoking situations and reported reappraisal affordance, the likelihood of choosing reappra

SUBMITTER: Choi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12559930 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature