Hedonic and Instrumental Motives in Anger Regulation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23324344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maya Tamir (0000-0002-2675-8042, Boston College, corresponding author), Christopher Mitchell (0000-0001-6523-0382, Boston College), James J Gro (0000-0003-3624-3090, Stanford University), James J Gross (Stanford University) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 324-328 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-7976 • E-ISSN: 1467-9280 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02088.x |
| PMID | 18399883 |
| OpenAlex | W2140703879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 105 |
| References cited | 14 |
What motivates individuals to regulate their emotions? One answer, which has been highlighted in emotion-regulation research, is that individuals are motivated by short-term hedonic goals (e.g., the motivation to feel pleasure). Another answer, however, is that individuals are motivated by instrumental goals (e.g., the motivation to perform certain behaviors). We suggest that both answers have merit. To demonstrate the role instrumental goals may play in emotion regulation, we pitted short-term hedonic motives and instrumental motives against each other, by testing whether individuals were motivated to experience a potentially useful, albeit unpleasant, emotion. We found that (a) individuals preferred activities that would increase their level of anger (but not their level of excitement) when they were anticipating confrontational, but not nonconfrontational, tasks and that (b) anger improved performance in a confrontational, but not a non-confrontational, task. These findings support a functional view of emotion regulation, and demonstrate that in certain contexts, individuals may choose to experience emotions that are instrumental, despite short-term hedonic costs.
Anger · Cognitive psychology · Instrumental variable · Pleasure · Psychotherapist · Task (project management) · Term (time) · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 74 |