The Self-Regulation of Moods: Second Thoughts on the Importance of Happiness in Everyday Life

By Ralph Erber, M. W. Erber. 2000

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The benefits of frequent positive affect: does happiness lead to success? (2005, unknown): “The capacity to downregulate positive affect may be a facet of social skill and effective self-regulation (e.g., M. W. Erber & Erber, 2001; R. Erber & Erber, 2000).”
Positive Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: A Neglected Link (2016, background): “The suggestion that mood regulation is undertaken because particular emotions may not be appropriate in a given social situation (Erber & Erber, 2000; Erber et al., 1996) might not necessarily apply here.”
The role of music in adolescents' mood regulation (2007, background): “Confidence in being able to influence mood, concentration on distraction, and absorption of the distraction have been reported to be among factors that influence the effectiveness of distraction (Erber and Erber, 2000, Oikawa, 2002).”
The relational self: an interpersonal social-cognitive theory. (2002, background): “Of course, such adjustments are not always made—for example, when the signal is insufficiently alarming or when one lacks the necessary cognitive resources or the motivation to do so (Erber & Erber, 2000).”
The Influence of Positive Affect on Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: Facilitating Enjoyment of Play, Responsible Work Behavior, and Self-Control (2005, result): “Thus, in contrast to some researchers’ assumptions that people in positive affect will avoid unpleasant tasks above all else (e.g., Erber & Erber, 2000; Wegener & Petty, 1994; Wegener, Petty, & Smith, 1995), the results of the first study indicate that people in a mild positive state do work on th”
Cross-Cultural Validation of Fear of Happiness Scale Across 14 National Groups (2014, background): “This body of evidence suggests that people sometimes avoid the experience of happiness, and engage in some activities that would make them feel less happy or even sad (Erber & Erber, 2000).”
Mood and the regulation of information processing and behavior (2006, background): “In diesem Zusammenhang legen Trope und Kollegen nahe (Raghunathan & Trope, 2002; Trope, Ferguson, & Raghunathan, 2001), dass positive Stimmungen wie eine Ressource zur Bekämpfung unangenehmer, aber notwendiger Aufgaben dienen können.”
Why Do People Regulate Their Emotions? A Taxonomy of Motives in Emotion Regulation (2016, background): “Other accounts have focused on one particular type of instrumental motive, such as the social one (e.g., Clark, Pataki, & Carver, 1996; Erber & Erber, 2000; Fischer, Manstead, Evers, Timmers, & Valk, 2004; Hochschild, 1979; Parrott, 1993; Thompson, 1994; Tsai, Miao, Seppala, Fung, & Yeung, 2007),…”
Happiness in the Face of Adversity: Reformulating the Dynamic and Modular Bases of Subjective Well-Being (2005, background): “Moreover, people use strategies of emotional self-regulation whereby they consciously, sometimes deliberately, forgo the experience of well-being to meet social constraints or properly handle bad news, distressing tasks, and sad afflictions (Erber & Erber, 2000).”
Social Support and Money as Pain Management Mechanisms (2008, background): “…exclusion, people make strategic attempts to be socially acceptable by changing their opinions (e.g., Williams, Cheung, & Choi, 2000), moderating their attitudes (e.g., Cialdini, Levy, Herman, & Evenbeck, 1973), and regulating their moods (Erber & Erber, 2000; Erber, Wegner, & Therriault, 1996).”
Emoticons in Computer-Mediated Communication: Social Motives and Social Context (2008, background): “The multivariate main effect of emoticon was significant: F(5, 704) 173.”
The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review (2009, background): “Although hedonic needs are important, they cannot account for the full range of emotion-regulation processes (Erber, 1996; Erber & Erber, 2000).”