Short-term implications of long-term thinking: Temporal distancing and emotional responses to daily stressors.

ABSTRACT: Temporal distancing (TD) is a promising yet understudied emotion regulation strategy that involves reflecting on how one will feel much later in the future. Although limited, the available evidence suggests that TD is a beneficial way to appraise negative events. Experimental studies have demonstrated causality: Situational use of TD (e.g., when thinking about a negative event) confers short-term emotional benefits in the laboratory. In addition, correlational studies show that habitual use predicts better long-term well-being. However, several open questions remain. First, we do not fully understand associations between habitual TD and emotions in daily life. Second, we do not fully understand daily TD, either on average across days or fluctuating within person. We conducted an 8-day diar

SUBMITTER: Benkley D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9905369 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature