Regulating for a reason: Emotion regulation goals are linked to spontaneous strategy use

Objective We investigated how individual differences in emotion regulation goals predict emotion regulation strategy use in daily life. Method Across three studies, we assessed two common types of emotion regulation goals (hedonic, social) and strategies spanning the entire process model of emotion regulation. We conducted two studies using global measures with undergraduates ( N = 394; 18–25 years; 69% female; 56% European American) and...