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Cultural Influences On Regulating Emotion, Gyuyi Kang
Cultural Influences On Regulating Emotion, Gyuyi Kang
Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology
Emotional regulation is an important aspect of our social lives that can build or weaken relationships. Regulating emotion is influenced by many factors and culture is one of many important factors that has a striking influence on how people regulate their emotion. The world can be divided into two major cultures: independent and interdependent culture. Most Western countries show characteristics of independent culture while most Eastern countries show the characteristics of interdependent culture. Depending on what culture we are from, we will exhibit differences in emotion regulation on, behavior, and emotional coping strategies. Thus, understanding cultural differences is especially crucial …
Social Integration And Emotional Regulation, Kimberly Stevens, Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Social Integration And Emotional Regulation, Kimberly Stevens, Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Midlife adults face a wide variety of physiological, emotional, and cognitive stressors that place them at risk for impaired physical health and longevity. Social integration—which includes high levels of social engagement as well as maintaining a diverse network of social roles—has been shown to protect against the negative effects of these stressors and decrease mortality rates (Holt-Lunstad, 2010). Research has suggested that “social buffering” provides protection from the physiological effects of stress (Cohen, 1985). In fact, Sheldon Cohen hypothesized a “social buffering” pathway, which suggests that social integration effects psychological and physiological exposure to and reaction to stress (Cohen & …