The Impact of Perspective Change As a Cognitive Reappraisal Strategy on Affect: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: The strategic or deliberate adoption of a cognitively distanced, third-person perspective is proposed to adaptively regulate emotions. However, studies of psychological disorders suggest spontaneous adoption of a third-person perspective reflects counter-productive avoidance. Here, we review studies that investigate the deliberate adoption of a third- or first-person vantage perspective and its impact on affect in healthy people, "sub-clinical" populations and those with psychological disorders. A systematic search was conducted across four databases. After exclusion criteria were applied, 38 studies were identified that investigated the impact of both imagery and verbal instructions designed to encourage adoption of a third-person perspective on self-reported affect. The ide

SUBMITTER: Wallace-Hadrill SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095639 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature