When love is not blind: Rumination impairs implicit affect regulation in response to romantic relationship threat
Publication year
2011Number of pages
13 p.
Source
Cognition & Emotion, 25, 3, (2011), pp. 506-518ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Journal title
Cognition & Emotion
Volume
vol. 25
Issue
iss. 3
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 506
Page end
p. 518
Subject
Behaviour Change and Well-beingAbstract
The present research examined how rumination influences implicit affect regulation in response to romantic relationship threat. In three studies, the disposition to ruminate impaired the ability to maintain positive feelings about the romantic partner in the face of explicit or implicit reminders of relationship threatening events. In Study 1, a high disposition to ruminate was correlated with impaired down-regulation of negative feelings toward the partner in response to a hurtful relationship incident. Two follow-up studies manipulated relationship threat explicitly through an experiential recall procedure (Study 2) or implicitly through a subliminal evaluative-conditioning procedure (Study 3). In both studies only individuals with low disposition to ruminate were able to ward off negative feelings and maintain positive feelings toward the partner. These findings illuminate the role of implicit affect regulation in the context of relationship threatand how it is inextricably connected with the processes underlying rumination.
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