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Appraisals, emotions and emotion regulation: An integrative approach
The present work aims to investigate the relation between appraisals, emotions, and emotion regulation strategies by creating a structural equation model which integrates these three aspects of the emotion process. To reach this aim, Italian students (NÂ =Â 610) confronted with their high school diploma examination completed a questionnaire 3Â weeks before the beginning of the exam. Results showed that they experienced primarily three types of emotionsâanxiety/fear, frustration/powerlessness, positive emotionsâwhich were related to specific appraisal profiles. Importantly, these appraisal profiles and emotions were associated with the use of different strategies for regulating emotions: anxiety/fear was associated with focusing on the exam, drug use, and an inability to distance oneself from the exam; frustration/powerlessness, with use of suppression, distancing, and drugs; positive emotion, with reappraisal and problem focused strategies. The effectiveness of these different strategies will be discussed