What Do People Want to Feel and Why?

By Maya Tamir. 2009

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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Implicit emotion regulation: feeling better without knowing why☆ (2015, background): “Although people may consciously adopt emotion regulation goals (Tamir, 2009), such goals may also be implicitly activated.”
Emotion, Emotion Regulation, and Conflict Resolution (2014, background): “According to the instrumental approach to emotion regulation (e.g., Bonanno, 2001; Tamir, 2009), people are motivated to experience emotions to the extent that these emotions offer instrumental benefits.”
The Emotional Cost of Humanity (2016, background): “Yet these affective states only have prosocial consequences once they are activated, and people are quite adept at regulating their emotions strategically to meet a variety of motivations and needs (Gross, 1998; Koole, 2009; Tamir, 2009).”
What is an emotional disorder? A transdiagnostic mechanistic definition with implications for assessment, treatment, and prevention (2019, background): “…appraisals of emotions are often related to the perceived utility of the emotion; even if an emotion is unpleasant to experience, individuals may still be willing to experience it if they believe the emotion will promote goal achievement (Berridge & Robinson, 2003; Tamir, 2009; Tamir & Ford, 2012).”
The Power of Goal-Directed Processes in the Causation of Emotional and Other Actions (2017, background): “Such a goal-directed process is typically called a regulation process (e.g., Scarantino, 2017; see Tamir, 2009, for empirical evidence of the role of goal-directed processes in emotion regulation).”
The Role of Empathy and Compassion in Conflict Resolution (2019, background): “A factor that plays an important role in experiencing emotions is whether people are motivated to experience them (Tamir, 2009).”
The Maturing Field of Emotion Regulation (2011, background): “The instrumental approach to emotion regulation (e.g., Bonanno, 2001; Parrott, 1993; Tamir, 2009a) suggests that people regulate their emotions in order to successfully pursue instrumental goals.”
Emotion Regulation: Current Status and Future Prospects (2015, background): “Counterhedonic regulation (in gray cells) is often motivated by instrumental goals (Tamir, 2009), such as trying to appear calm after a major victory (Kalokerinos, Greenaway, Pedder, & Margetts, 2014), or increasing anger when trying to collect payment on debts (Sutton, 1991).”
Hope and emotional well-being: A six-year study to distinguish antecedents, correlates, and consequences (2015, background): “Emotions orient individuals to best manage the demands of an existing situation (Fredrickson & Levenson, 1998; Frijda, 1986; Tamar, 2009) .”
Looking at Emotion Regulation Through the Window of Emotion Dynamics (2015, background): “Alternatively, the experience of negative emotions will more likely than not be negatively valuated, leading to the buffering of experiencing positive emotions at a subsequent point in time (though instances of nonhedonic, instrumental emotion regulation provide a counterexample to this; Tamir, 2009”
Emotion Regulation in Achievement Situations: An Integrated Model (2019, background): “…to regulate emotions can be hedonic, where the motivation is to downregulate (reduce) unpleasant states and upregulate (increase) pleasant states (Larsen, 2000), or instrumental, where the motivation comes from instrumental goals or cultural norms associated with academic success (Tamir, 2009).”
Emotional inertia and psychological maladjustment (2010, neutral): “Emotion regulation, in turn, alters the experience or expression of these emotions as a function of the constraints placed by the individual or society on hedonistic or instrumental motives (Tamir, 2009).”