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American psychologist at Stanford University who developed the influential process model of emotion regulation, distinguishing antecedent-focused strategies such as reappraisal from response-focused ones.
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What are the five stages in James Gross's process model of emotion regulation?
The model identifies situation selection, situation modification, attentional deployment, cognitive change, and response modulation. These stages describe points at which a person can influence an unfolding emotional response.
What is the difference between reappraisal and suppression in Gross's research?
Reappraisal changes how a person interprets a situation before the emotional response is fully developed. Expressive suppression instead attempts to hide or inhibit outward behavior after the response is already underway.
What does the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire measure?
The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire is commonly used to assess habitual cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Gross developed the measure with Oliver John for research on individual differences in these two strategies.
Does Gross's model say that one regulation strategy is always healthy?
No, later work emphasizes that a strategy's effects depend on the person, goal, situation, and timing. Reappraisal often shows more favorable average associations than suppression, but context can change whether either approach is useful.
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