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Turning That Frown Upside Down: Emotion Regulation in Achievement Settings

Mon, April 16, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Millennium Broadway New York Times Square, Floor: Sixth Floor, Room 6.01

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Emotions profoundly impact students’ well-being and achievement. Accordingly, upregulating emotions that are beneficial (e.g., enjoyment) and downregulating those that are harmful for learning (e.g., boredom) is fundamental for ensuring psychological health and academic success. How such adaptive regulation can be achieved and fostered is, however, not yet well understood. The contributions in this symposium address these issues and begin with an integration of two prominent theories on achievement emotions and emotion regulation that informed the five empirical studies to be presented. Using different methodologies, these studies address the types of emotion regulation strategies secondary and higher education students deploy, how these impact their emotions and achievement, and how students’ emotion regulation can be supported by interventions and influenced by teachers.

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