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The Role of Trait and State Acceptance as Moderators of Affective Stress Reactivity in Daily Life : An Experience Sampling Method Study
Popovic, Aleksandra (2023) The Role of Trait and State Acceptance as Moderators of Affective Stress Reactivity in Daily Life : An Experience Sampling Method Study.
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| Abstract: | Background:In research, acceptance was consistently depicted as an adaptive emotion regulation (ER) strategy across different contexts in cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs. However, an emerging paradigm considers ER context-dependent; thus, a flexible use of ER strategies appears more critical than a putatively adaptive set of strategies. To test differences between a variable and trait-like use of acceptance, this study aims to investigate to what extent the strategy of acceptance moderates the relationship of stressful events and negative affect using the experience sampling methodology. Method: Participants (N=67, M age = 29.04, 53.7% female) received daily questionnaires ten times a day for a week, including questions about momentary stressful events, state negative affect and state acceptance. To test the moderation effects, linear mixed-effect models were applied. Additionally, intraindividual fluctuations of participants high and low in trait acceptance were investigated. Results: Analyses revealed that state acceptance was a significant moderator of momentary stressful events and state negative affect within persons (p<.001). Trait acceptance was not associated with momentary stressful events and state negative affect (p=.96) Conclusion: The current study discovered a significant within-person association between momentary stressful events and state negative affect moderated by state acceptance. In contrast, trait acceptance was not found to moderate this relationship. This evidence points to the importance of within-strategy variability and context-dependency in ER. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95617 |
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