All articles tagged with #emotional regulation
A 2024 study from Ohio State University challenges the common belief that venting anger helps reduce it, finding instead that calming activities like yoga, mindfulness, and relaxation techniques are more effective in lowering physiological arousal and managing anger, while venting may actually increase it.
A study found that childhood experiences influence adult grit through emotional regulation, with positive experiences enhancing resilience and negative ones hindering it, highlighting the importance of emotional skills development for fostering perseverance.
Overstimulation, often caused by sensory overload and technology, can lead to reactive behavior and difficulty in rational thinking. To manage it, practices like deep breathing, mindfulness, setting boundaries with technology, and small daily habits can help regulate emotions and maintain calmness.
Over the past 30 years, our understanding of narcissism has evolved from viewing it as simple arrogance to recognizing it as a complex set of personality traits with distinct subtypes, such as grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, each with different emotional and social implications. This nuanced view helps differentiate between normal traits and clinical disorders, emphasizing the importance of moving beyond stereotypes to better understand individual behaviors.
A study in the British Journal of Psychology suggests that misophonia reflects broader psychological and cognitive traits, including difficulties with emotional and affective flexibility, increased rumination, and psychological rigidity, indicating it may be a complex disorder beyond just sensitivity to specific sounds.
A study shows that fast-paced, music-driven breathwork can induce psychedelic-like brain states, reduce negative emotions, and promote feelings of unity and bliss, offering a natural alternative to psychedelics for mental health treatment.
A study found that young adults with ADHD tend to listen to more stimulating music during various activities, including studying, and report similar benefits to focus and mood as neurotypical individuals, highlighting music's potential as a personalized cognitive aid.
A 2024 study from Ohio State University challenges the common belief that venting anger helps reduce it, finding that calming activities like yoga, mindfulness, and relaxation techniques are more effective in lowering physiological arousal and managing anger, while venting and arousal-increasing activities may actually worsen anger.
The article explains that when someone avoids eye contact, it is often due to psychological reasons such as social anxiety, deception, shame, cultural differences, emotional overwhelm, distraction, need for mental processing, or emotional boundaries, rather than disinterest or rudeness, encouraging more understanding and compassion in interactions.
A study found that women experience increased feelings of anger as they age, particularly around menopause, but they tend to express less of it, indicating improved emotional regulation with age. The research suggests that understanding and managing mood changes during midlife can significantly impact women's health and quality of life.
Talking to pets as if they understand us reveals seven emotional strengths, including increased empathy, better stress management, enhanced creativity, nurturing attachment, self-compassion, social connection, and mindfulness, all supported by psychological research.
A study shows that just three minutes of slow, controlled breathing can immediately improve emotional control, reduce negative feelings, and boost confidence in managing emotions, especially in stressful situations, by activating the body's calming nervous system.
Research shows that individuals with childhood trauma tend to experience more negative and fewer positive emotions during sexual disagreements with partners, primarily due to attachment anxiety, which influences emotional responses and can affect relationship dynamics.
Preliminary research indicates that working excessively long hours may cause structural changes in brain regions responsible for emotional regulation and executive functions, potentially impacting cognitive and emotional health. The study highlights the importance of addressing overwork as an occupational health concern, though further research is needed to confirm causality.
A large international study identified four psychological profiles of gamers—avoidant, engaged, relational, and dysregulated—each linked to different mental health and attachment patterns, highlighting the complex relationship between gaming behavior and psychological well-being, with implications for tailored clinical interventions.