The Importance of Being Flexible

By G. Bonanno, A. Papa, K. Lalande, Maren Westphal, Karin G. Coifman. Psychology Science, 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Emotion regulation and psychopathology: the role of gender. (2012, background): “…it is important to note that although women may have a larger repertoire of emotion regulation strategies, including adaptive strategies , that they endorse compared to men, the context in which they use these strategies is an important determinant of their effectiveness (Bonanno et al. 2004).”
Emotion regulation and aggression (2012, methodology): “use of emotion regulation strategies (Bonanno et al., 2004; Bridges et al., 2004; Gross, 2002).”
A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology (2018, background): “In the same studies, effective emotional expression, which is apparently opposite to emotion suppression, also predicted reduced distress (Bonanno et al., 2004; Westphal et al., 2010).”
Emotion Regulatory Flexibility Sheds Light on the Elusive Relationship Between Repeated Traumatic Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms (2016, background): “…this approach is that it does not take into account the notion that regulatory strategies may differ in their outcome in different contexts (for reviews, see Aldao, 2013; Bonanno & Burton, 2013; Bonanno, Papa, Lalande, Westphal, & Coifman, 2004; see Gross, 2014; Sheppes, 2014; Troy & Mauss, 2011).”
Emotional Labor at a Crossroads: Where Do We Go from Here? (2015, background): “Another new approach in EI research is to directly measure the ability to enhance or suppress emotional expressions when instructed to; this ability seems to be effective for interpersonal functioning (Bonanno et al. 2004, Côté et al. 2010) and is likely to help at work as well.”
Maladaptive emotion regulation and aggression in adult offenders (2014, background): “Having a variety of emotion regulation strategies to choose from allows an individual to use strategies flexibly and strategically (Bonanno et al., 2004), increasing their confidence that they will be able to down-regulate emotional responses sufficiently to maintain engagement in goal-directed…”
Automatic emotion regulation during anger provocation (2007, background): “Thus far, interest in emotion regulation has centered principally on deliberate, response-focused emotion regulation (e.g., Bonanno et al., 2004; Gross & Levenson, 1997; Muraven et al., 1998; Wegner, Erber, & Zanakos, 1993), whose costs may arise from the conscious eVort involved in suppressing…”
Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma (2005, background): “Because adaptive flexibility can be manipulated experimentally (e.g., people’s ability to engage in various cognitive or emotional processes can be measured under different stressor conditions; Bonanno et al., 2004), it should be possible to systematically examine the stability of such a trait over ”