Emotional regulation skill

Emotional regulation skills are the processes and strategies individuals use to manage, modify, and appropriately respond to emotional experiences. These skills include both conscious and unconscious strategies, such as cognitive reappraisal, attention control, and expressive suppression, to increase, maintain, or decrease the intensity or expression of emotions. The development and application of emotional regulation are linked to neural circuits involving the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and anterior cingulate cortex, as well as genetic factors. Effective emotional regulation is associated with better mental health, resilience to stress, and healthier social functioning, while poor emotional regulation is linked to emotional disorders like depression and anxiety.

Other names

Emotional self-regulationemotion regulation abilityemotion self-regulationemotion regulation skillsemotional control