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Rest a while and run a mile: Relationship between distraction and negative emotions among college students in China.

ABSTRACT: Previous experimental studies have regarded distraction, an emotional regulation strategy, as an attentional disengagement strategy and considered it to be maladaptive in the long term. This study intends to further examine the relationship between distraction and negative emotions by using a questionnaire and a multiple mediation model. A total of 723 college students completed the distraction, cognitive reappraisal and problem-solving subscales of the Measurement of Affect Regulation Styles, the Needs Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Meaningful Life Measure, and the Emotional Experience Questionnaire of Well-being. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed, and mediation effects were tested. The results showed that (1) distraction was used significantly more frequently than problem-solving and cognitive reappraisal, with a large effect size (partial ?2 = 0.321 > 0.138), and (2) distraction had an effect on negative emotions through two multiple mediation paths, i.e., positive emotion-cognitive reappraisal-meaning in life, and positive emotion-problem-solving-needs satisfaction. Distraction reduces negative emotions by enhancing positive emotions and facilitating cognitive reappraisal, problem-solving, meaning in life and needs satisfaction. It is not a kind of avoidance but a temporary rest to strive for a better life.

SUBMITTER: Chen SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485877 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rest a while and run a mile: Relationship between distraction and negative emotions among college students in China.

Chen Shi-Min SM Fang Jie J Wang Li-Ming LM Liu Cai-Li CL

PloS one 20200911 9

Previous experimental studies have regarded distraction, an emotional regulation strategy, as an attentional disengagement strategy and considered it to be maladaptive in the long term. This study intends to further examine the relationship between distraction and negative emotions by using a questionnaire and a multiple mediation model. A total of 723 college students completed the distraction, cognitive reappraisal and problem-solving subscales of the Measurement of Affect Regulation Styles, t ...[more]

PMID: 32915801

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Rest a while and run a mile: Relationship between distraction and negative emotions among college students in China.

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Rest a while and run a mile: Relationship between distraction and negative emotions among college students in China.

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