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Can Emotion Regulation Change Political Attitudes in Intractable Conflicts? From the Laboratory to the Field

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ID23328203
AuthorsEran Halperin (0000-0002-3379-2935, Reichman University), Shulamit Ran (0000-0002-4454-9201, Reichman University, corresponding author), Roni Porat (0000-0002-0665-4131, Reichman University), Maya Tamir (0000-0002-2675-8042, The Hebrew University), James J Gro (0000-0003-3624-3090, Stanford University), James J Gross (Stanford University)
Year2013
Volume24
Issue1
Pages106-111
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-7976 • E-ISSN: 1467-9280
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0956797612452572
PMID23211565
OpenAlexW2158558004
LanguageEN
Citations received81
References cited24

We hypothesized that an adaptive form of emotion regulation— cognitive reappraisal—would decrease negative emotion and increase support for conflict-resolution policies. In Study 1, Israeli participants were invited to a laboratory session in which they were randomly assigned to either a cognitive-reappraisal condition or a control condition; they were then presented with anger-inducing information related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Participants in the reappraisal condition were more supportive of conciliatory policies and less supportive of aggressive policies compared with participants in the control condition. In Study 2, we replicated these findings in responses to a real political event (the recent Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition). When assessed 1 week after training, participants trained in cognitive reappraisal showed greater support for conciliatory policies and less support for aggressive policies toward Palestinians compared with participants in a control condition. These effects persisted when participants were reassessed 5 months after training, and at both time points, negative emotion mediated the effects of reappraisal.

Cognitive psychology · Field (mathematics) · Political science · Politics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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