Cognitive and affective consequences of repressive coping

Article Abstract:

Research compares cognitive processing, behavior and memory in repressors and non-repressors, repressors being subjects who react more intensely to emotional stimuli. Repressors and non-repressors were shown an unpleasant movie, and then were compared on their moods after the viewing, as well as their ability to remember details of the film.

Psychological aspects, Memory, Repression (Psychology)

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Cross-cultural differences in coping with sadness

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A cross-cultural study of coping finds that Caucasians and Asians are not as likely to employ positive reappraisal and confrontive emotional strategies when coping with sadness as multicultural subjects. Results also suggest that distancing coping strategies are more likely to be used by multicultural subjects than Asians.

Social aspects, Sadness, Ethnopsychology, Cross-cultural psychology

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Perceptions of group homogeneity as a function of social comparison: the mediating role of group identity

Article Abstract:

Research presented examines intergroup relations, stereotyping, and group identity. The article focuses on the perception of internal homogeneity by the ingroup and outgroup, and how these perceptions are influenced by the subject's level of identification with the group.

Netherlands, Models, Group identity, Social identity, Social perception, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology)

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