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Expressive suppression

Expressive suppression is defined as the intentional reduction of the facial expression of an emotion. It is a component of emotion regulation.

Applications, Psychological consequences & Link with depression

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Externalizers vs. Internalizers

Gender differences

Vs. display rules

A response-focused strategy

Psychological consequences

Link with depression

Negative social consequences

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Expressive suppression

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Expressive suppression

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related to Psychological consequences · 18
Expressive suppression → As, Cannon, Clinical, Expressive, Externalizers, However, If, Internalizers, Jones, Levenson, Notarius, One, Other, Some, Suppressing, The, These, Unfortunately
related to Link with depression · 10
Expressive suppression → Appraising, Depressive, Expressive, However, In, Larsen, Some, The, They, Though
related to Vs. display rules · 10
Expressive suppression → Complete, Conversely, Falsification, However, It, Lastly, Modulation, Qualification, The, There
related to Externalizers vs. Internalizers · 9
Expressive suppression → Alexithymia, However, Internalizers, On, Peter Sifneos, Regarding, These, This, Those
related to Component · 8
Expressive suppression → As, Different, Emotion, Emotional, Expressive, Individuals, This, We
related to Gender differences · 8
Expressive suppression → At, Because, However, If, Men, On, This, Typically
related to Negative social consequences · 8
Expressive suppression → An, However, If, Lastly, Secondly, The, This, While
related to A response-focused strategy · 5
Expressive suppression → Expressive, However, Response-focused, Srivastava, This
related to Expressive Suppression in Adolescents · 4
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Expressive suppression → concept, goal-oriented strategy that is guided by people's beliefs and potentially by abstract theories about emotion regulation, important part of emotional regulation that needs to be learned due to its beneficial use in adulthood

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Expressive suppressionis aimportant part of emotional regulation that needs to be learned due to its beneficial use in adulthood0.90text
Expressive suppressionis agoal-oriented strategy that is guided by people's beliefs and potentially by abstract theories about emotion regulation0.90text
decreasing heart rateinstance ofExpressive suppression has physiological influences0.80text
increasing blood pressureinstance ofExpressive suppression has physiological influences0.80text
and increasing sympathetic activation.Expressive suppression requires self-controlinstance ofExpressive suppression has physiological influences0.80text
angerinstance ofespecially the suppression of intensely aggressive emotions0.80text
hostility which can lead to hypertensioninstance ofespecially the suppression of intensely aggressive emotions0.80text
coronary heart-diseaseinstance ofespecially the suppression of intensely aggressive emotions0.80text
depressioninstance ofexpressive suppression is said to be the cause of mental illnesses0.80text
anger contributes to increasing high levels of straininstance ofThe suppression of unpleasant emotions0.80text
supporting goal pursuitsinstance ofserves different purposes0.80text

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