Leimane, Lote (2022) The Effects of Neuroticism and Perceived Failure on Emotion Regulation Strategy Choice. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Existing research on emotion regulation strategy choice confirms individual factors that influence how people choose to regulate their emotions, but the question of which traits influence this remain preliminary. This paper examines how neuroticism and perceived failure affects emotion regulation strategy choice. It was hypothesized that individuals with higher (vs. lower) levels of neuroticism and perceive more (vs. less) failure will be more likely to choose distraction (vs. reappraisal) as an emotion regulation strategy choice. Secondly, it was hypothesized that neuroticism and perceived failure will have a positive association. To investigate this, we created a survey to measure the levels of neuroticism, perceived failure and emotion regulation strategy choice in a negative feedback setting. Participants (N = 211) completed a recruitment test that was created to be highly challenging, for the purpose of the study, in order to create emotional arousal when anticipating the feedback. The participants then choose between two emotion regulation strategies, namely (1) reappraisal and (2) distraction. Although no statistically significant relationship was found between emotion regulation strategy choice in relation to perceived failure or neuroticism, the results showed a strong, positive association between perceived failure and neuroticism. Furthermore, we discuss possible limitations and implications of the current design, and call for further research in the specific field, such as an experimental design. Keywords: emotion regulation, strategy choice, neuroticism, perceived failure, feedback
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Epstude, K. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2022 12:20 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2022 12:20 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1206 |
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