Emotion regulation during isolation

0383170 - PSÚ 2013 US eng A - Abstrakt
Poláčková Šolcová, Iva - Šolcová, Iva
Emotion regulation during isolation.
International Journal of Psychology. Wiley. Roč. 47, Suppl. 1 (2012). ISSN 0020-7594. E-ISSN 1464-066X.
[International Congress of Psychology /30./. 22.07.2012-27.07.2012, Cape Town]
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GAP407/11/2226
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081740
Klíčová slova: emotion regulation * isolation * Mars500
Kód oboru RIV: AN - Psychologie

When a small group of people is isolated for a long period of time it is important to keep the emotional level of social relations “healthy” in order to maintain a cooperative and productive atmosphere. Even people with an optimal affective disposition may demonstrate changes when meeting stressful challenges of living “cut off“ from the world. Under such circumstances adequate expressions of positive as well as negative emotions may be important. In our study we investigated changes and stabilities in emotion regulation during the simulated flight to Mars. Our findings indicate that positive outweighs the negative affectivity. Although “marsonauts” sometimes experienced strong emotions with negative valence (sadness, anger, etc.) their emotion regulation strategy was usually „expression“ or „deamplification“ of emotions. Our findings also showed that the last third was the most difficult part of isolation. The results shall improve our understanding of emotion regulation tendencies during isolation and confinement.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0217098