Counter-regulation and control-dependency. Affective processing biases in the service of action regulation.

Autor/in	Rothermund, Klaus
Titel	Counter-regulation and control-dependency. Affective processing biases in the service of action regulation.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 42 (2011) 1, S. 56-66Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000043
Schlagwörter	Emotion; Regulation; Theorie
Abstract	Describes 2 basic principles governing the motivational regulation of automatic affective processing and reviews the relevant evidence. According to the counterregulation principle, attention is automatically allocated to information that is opposite in valence to current motivational states: A positive outcome focus increases the salience of negative information whereas a negative outcome focus induces an attentional focus on positive information. Counterregulation in automatic affective processing prevents motivational states from escalating or becoming chronic. According to the control-dependency principle, processing of information is characterized by a problem focus (negativity bias) if goal pursuit is experienced as controllable, whereas experiencing a lack of control over important outcomes is accompanied by an enhancement focus (positivity bias). Control-dependency of affective processing promotes persistent goal pursuit in the face of controllable challenges, and facilitates the acceptance of a given situation and disengagement from blocked goals. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2011/4