A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about a situation. Participants from 87 countries and regions (n = 21,644) were randomly assigned to one of two brief reappraisal interventions (reconstrual or repurposing) or one of two control conditions (active or passive). Results revealed that both reappraisal interventions (vesus both control conditions) consistently reduced negative emotions and increased positive emotions across different measures. Reconstrual and repurposing interventions had similar effects. Importantly, planned exploratory analyses indicated that reappraisal interventions did not reduce intentions to practice preventive health behaviours. The findings demonstrate the viability of creating scalable, low-cost interventions for use around the world.

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Authors/Creators:	Wang, K Goldenberg, A Dorison, CA Miller, JK Uusberg, A Lerner, JS Gross, JJ Agesin, BB Bernardo, M Campos, O Eudave, L Grzech, K Ozery, DH Jackson, EA Garcia, EOL Drexler, SM Jurković, AP Rana, K Wilson, JP Antoniadi, M Desai, K Gialitaki, Z Kushnir, E Nadif, K Bravo, ON Nauman, R Oosterlinck, M Pantazi, M Pilecka, N Szabelska, A van Steenkiste, IMM Filip, K Bozdoc, AI Marcu, GM Agadullina, E Adamkovič, M Roczniewska, M Reyna, C Kassianos, AP Westerlund, M Ahlgren, L Pöntinen, S Adetula, GA Dursun, P Arinze, AI Arinze, NC Ogbonnaya, CE Ndukaihe, ILG Dalgar, I Akkas, H Macapagal, PM Lewis, S Metin-Orta, I Foroni, F Willis, M Santos, AC Mokady, A Reggev, N Kurfali, MA Vasilev, MR Nock, NL Parzuchowski, M Espinoza Barría, MF Vranka, M Kohlová, MB Ropovik, I Harutyunyan, M Wang, C Yao, E Becker, M Manunta, E Kaminski, G Marko, D Evans, K Lewis, DMG Findor, A Landry, AT Aruta, JJB Ortiz, MS Vally, Z Pronizius, E Voracek, M Lamm, C Grinberg, M Li, R Valentova, JV Mioni, G Cellini, N Chen, S-C Zickfeld, J Moon, K Azab, H Levy, N Karababa, A Beaudry, JL Boucher, L Collins, WM Todsen, AL van Schie, K Vintr, J Bavolar, J Kaliska, L Križanić, V Samojlenko, L Pourafshari, R Geiger, SJ Beitner, J Warmelink, L Ross, RM Stephen, ID Hostler, TJ Azouaghe, S McCarthy, R Szala, A Grano, C Solorzano, CS Anjum, G Jimenez-Leal, W Bradford, M Pérez, LC Cruz Vásquez, JE Galindo-Caballero, OJ Vargas-Nieto, JC Kácha, O Arvanitis, A Xiao, Q Cárcamo, R Zorjan, S Tajchman, Z Vilares, I Pavlacic, JM Kunst, JR Tamnes, CK von Bastian, CC https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0667-2460 Atari, M Sharifian, M Hricova, M Kačmár, P Schrötter, J Rahal, R-M Cohen, N FatahModarres, S Zrimsek, M Zakharov, I Koehn, MA Esteban-Serna, C Calin-Jageman, RJ Krafnick, AJ Štrukelj, E Isager, PM Urban, J Silva, JR Martončik, M Očovaj, SB Šakan, D Kuzminska, AO Djordjevic, JM Almeida, IAT Ferreira, A Lazarevic, LB Manley, H Ricaurte, DZ Monteiro, RP Etabari, Z Musser, E Dunleavy, D Chou, W Godbersen, H Ruiz-Fernández, S Reeck, C Batres, C Kirgizova, K Muminov, A Azevedo, F Alvarez, DS Butt, MM Lee, JM Chen, Z Verbruggen, F Ziano, I Tümer, M Charyate, ACA Dubrov, D Tejada Rivera, MDCMC Aberson, C Pálfi, B Maldonado, MA Hubena, B Sacakli, A Ceary, CD Richard, KL Singer, G Perillo, JT Ballantyne, T Cyrus-Lai, W Fedotov, M Du, H Wielgus, M Pit, IL Hruška, M Sousa, D Aczel, B Szaszi, B Adamus, S Barzykowski, K Micheli, L Schmidt, N-D Zsido, AN Paruzel-Czachura, M Bialek, M Kowal, M Sorokowska, A Misiak, M Mola, D Ortiz, MV Correa, PS Belaus, A Muchembled, F Ribeiro, RR Arriaga, P Oliveira, R Vaughn, LA Szwed, P Kossowska, M Czarnek, G Kielińska, J Antazo, B Betlehem, R Stieger, S Nilsonne, G Simonovic, N Taber, J Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A Domurat, A Ihaya, K Yamada, Y Urooj, A Gill, T Čadek, M Bylinina, L Messerschmidt, J Kurfalı, M Adetula, A Baklanova, E Albayrak-Aydemir, N Kappes, HB Gjoneska, B House, T Jones, MV Berkessel, JB Chopik, WJ Çoksan, S Seehuus, M Khaoudi, A Bokkour, A El Arabi, KA Djamai, I Iyer, A Parashar, N Adiguzel, A Kocalar, HE Bundt, C Norton, JO Papadatou-Pastou, M De la Rosa-Gomez, A Ankushev, V Bogatyreva, N Grigoryev, D Ivanov, A Prusova, I Romanova, M Sarieva, I Terskova, M Hristova, E Kadreva, VH Janak, A Schei, V Sverdrup, TE Askelund, AD Pineda, LMS Krupić, D Levitan, CA Johannes, N Ouherrou, N Say, N Sinkolova, S Janjić, K Stojanovska, M Stojanovska, D Khosla, M Thomas, AG Kung, FYH Bijlstra, G Mosannenzadeh, F Balci, BB Reips, U-D Baskin, E Ishkhanyan, B Czamanski-Cohen, J Dixson, BJW Moreau, D Sutherland, CAM Chuan-Peng, H Noone, C Flowe, H Anne, M Janssen, SMJ Topor, M Majeed, NM Kunisato, Y Yu, K Daches, S Hartanto, A Vdovic, M Anton-Boicuk, L Forbes, PAG Kamburidis, J Marinova, E Nedelcheva-Datsova, M Rachev, NR Stoyanova, A Schmidt, K Suchow, JW Koptjevskaja-Tamm, M Jernsäther, T Olofsson, JK Bialobrzeska, O Marszalek, M Tatachari, S Afhami, R Law, W Antfolk, J Žuro, B Van Doren, N Soto, JA Searston, R Miranda, J Damnjanović, K Yeung, SK Krupić, D Hoyer, K Jaeger, B Ren, D Pfuhl, G Klevjer, K Corral-Frías, NS Frias-Armenta, M Lucas, MY Torres, AO Toro, M Delgado, LGJ Vega, D Solas, SÁ Vilar, R Massoni, S Frizzo, T Bran, A Vaidis, DC Vieira, L Paris, B Capizzi, M Coelho, GLDH Greenburgh, A Whitt, CM Tullett, AM Du, X Volz, L Bosma, MJ Karaarslan, C Sarıoğuz, E Allred, TB Korbmacher, M Colloff, MF Lima, TJS Ribeiro, MFF Verharen, JPH Karekla, M Karashiali, C Sunami, N Jaremka, LM Storage, D Habib, S Studzinska, A Hanel, PHP Holford, DL Sirota, M Wolfe, K Chiu, F Theodoropoulou, A Ahn, ER Lin, Y Westgate, EC Brohmer, H Hofer, G Dujols, O Vezirian, K Feldman, G Travaglino, GA Ahmed, A Li, M Bosch, J Torunsky, N Bai, H Manavalan, M Song, X Walczak, RB Zdybek, P Friedemann, M Rosa, AD Kozma, L Alves, SG Lins, S Pinto, IR Correia, RC Babinčák, P Banik, G Rojas-Berscia, LM Varella, MAC Uttley, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8080-3473 Beshears, JE Thommesen, KK Behzadnia, B Geniole, SN Silan, MA Maturan, PLG Vilsmeier, JK Tran, US Izquierdo, SM Mensink, MC Sorokowski, P Groyecka-Bernard, A Radtke, T Adoric, VC Carpentier, J Özdoğru, AA Joy-Gaba, JA Hedgebeth, MV Ishii, T Wichman, AL Röer, JP Ostermann, T Davis, WE Suter, L Papachristopoulos, K Zabel, C Ebersole, CR Chartier, CR Mallik, PR Urry, HL Buchanan, EM Coles, NA Primbs, MA Basnight-Brown, DM IJzerman, H Forscher, PS Moshontz, H
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Nature Human Behaviour. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Dates:	Published: August 2021 Published (online): 2 August 2021 Accepted: 28 June 2021
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2021 12:54
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 06:41
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Nature
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x
Related URLs:	Dataset Erratum/Corrigendum
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176788

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