The strategies employed in emotion regulation are

• Situation Selection:

  • Involves choosing situations to engage in or avoid, based on their potential emotional impact.
  • Example: Avoiding a stressful meeting to prevent anxiety.
• Situation Modification:

  • Altering a situation to change its emotional impact.
  • Example: Asking for a friend’s support during a challenging event to make it less stressful.
• Attentional Deployment:

  • Directing attention toward or away from emotional aspects of a situation.
  • Example: Focusing on positive aspects of a difficult task rather than the negatives.
• Cognitive Change (Reappraisal):

  • Changing how one interprets or appraises a situation to modify its emotional impact.
  • Example: Viewing a failed exam as an opportunity to learn, rather than as a disaster.
• Response Modulation:

  • Influencing physiological, experiential, or behavioral responses after the emotion is fully activated.
  • Example: Suppressing the outward expression of anger during an argument.