Journal article

Negative Emotion and Nonacceptance of Emotion in Daily Life

NH Bailen, P Koval, M Strube, N Haslam, RJ Thompson

Emotion | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | Published : 2022

Abstract

Nonacceptance of emotion is consistently linked with increased levels of psychopathology and diminished well-being. Research has found that negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion are positively associated cross-sectionally but has yet to directly investigate temporal associations between these constructs. Given that negative emotions are frequently the target of negative thoughts and other emotions, and that acceptance of emotion is associated with prospective decreases in negative emotion, we hypothesized that the temporal relation between negative emotion and nonacceptance of emotion is bidirectional. The present study examined the association between these variables during people’s..

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Awarded by Washington University in St. Louis


Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a Discovery Project Grant awarded by the Australian Research Council (DP150103053) to Nick Haslam, funding from the Australian Catholic University awarded to Peter Koval, and a Graduate Student Research Grant awarded by the Washington University in St. Louis Psychological and Brain Sciences Department to Natasha H. Bailen. We thank Elise Holland for her contributions to this project. On behalf of all authors, Natasha H. Bailen states that there is no conflict of interest. Data and materials have been made publicly available via Open Science Framework and can be accessed at https://osf.io/cv8sj/.The study was not preregistered.