Sadness regulation strategies and measurement: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Accurate measurement and suitable strategies facilitate people regulate their sadness in an effective manner. Regulating or mitigating negative emotions, particularly sadness, is crucial mainly because constant negative emotions may lead to psychological disorders, such as depression and anxiety. This paper presents an overview of sadness regulation strategies and related measurement.

Method

Upon adhering to five-step scoping review, this study combed through articles that looked into sadness regulation retrieved from eight databases.

Results

As a result of reviewing 40 selected articles, 110 strategies were identified to regulate emotions, particularly sadness. Some of the most commonly reported strategies include expressive suppression, cognitive reappra

SUBMITTER: Zaid SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362967 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature