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

Ke Wang; Amit Goldenberg; Charles A. Dorison; Jeremy K. Miller; Andero Uusberg; Jennifer S. Lerner; James J. Gross; Bamikole Bamikole Agesin; Márcia Bernardo; Olatz Campos; Luis Eudave; Karolina Grzech; Daphna Hausman Ozery; Emily A. Jackson; Elkin Oswaldo Luis Garcia; Shira Meir Drexler; Anita Penić Jurković; Kafeel Rana; John Paul Wilson; Maria Antoniadi; Kermeka Desai; Zoi Gialitaki; Elizaveta Kushnir; Khaoula Nadif; Olalla Niño Bravo; Rafia Nauman; Marlies Oosterlinck; Myrto Pantazi; Natalia Pilecka; Anna Szabelska; I. M.M. van Steenkiste; Katarzyna Filip; Andreea Ioana Bozdoc; Gabriela Mariana Marcu; Elena Agadullina; Matúš Adamkovič; Marta Roczniewska; Cecilia Reyna; Angelos P. Kassianos; Minja Westerlund; Lina Ahlgren; Sara Pöntinen; Gabriel Agboola Adetula; Pinar Dursun; Azuka Ikechukwu Arinze; Nwadiogo Chisom Arinze; Chisom Esther Ogbonnaya; Izuchukwu L.G. Ndukaihe; Ilker Dalgar; Handan Akkas; Paulo Manuel Macapagal; Savannah Lewis; Irem Metin-Orta; Francesco Foroni; Megan Willis; Anabela Caetano Santos; Aviv Mokady; Niv Reggev; Merve A. Kurfali; Martin R. Vasilev; Nora L. Nock; Michal Parzuchowski; Mauricio F. Espinoza Barría; Marek Vranka; Markéta Braun Kohlová; Ivan Ropovik; Mikayel Harutyunyan; Chunhui Wang; Elvin Yao; Maja Becker; Efisio Manunta; Gwenael Kaminski; Dafne Marko; Kortnee Evans; David M.G. Lewis; Andrej Findor; Anais Thibault Landry; John Jamir Benzon Aruta; Manuel S. Ortiz; Zahir Vally; Ekaterina Pronizius; Martin Voracek; Claus Lamm; Maurice Grinberg; Ranran Li; Jaroslava Varella Valentova; Giovanna Mioni; Nicola Cellini; Sau Chin Chen; Janis Zickfeld; Karis Moon; Habiba Azab; Neil Levy; Alper Karababa; Jennifer L. Beaudry; Leanne Boucher; W. Matthew Collins; Anna Louise Todsen; Kevin van Schie; Jáchym Vintr; Jozef Bavolar; Lada Kaliska; Valerija Križanić; Lara Samojlenko; Razieh Pourafshari; Sandra J. Geiger; Julia Beitner; Lara Warmelink; Robert M. Ross; Ian D. Stephen; Thomas J. Hostler; Soufian Azouaghe; Randy McCarthy; Anna Szala; Caterina Grano; Claudio Singh Solorzano; Gulnaz Anjum; William Jimenez-Leal; Maria Bradford; Laura Calderón Pérez; Julio E. Cruz Vásquez; Oscar J. Galindo-Caballero; Juan Camilo Vargas-Nieto; Ondřej Kácha; Alexios Arvanitis; Qinyu Xiao; Rodrigo Cárcamo; Saša Zorjan; Zuzanna Tajchman; Iris Vilares; Jeffrey M. Pavlacic; Jonas R. Kunst; Christian K. Tamnes; Claudia C. von Bastian; Mohammad Atari; Mohammad Hasan Sharifian; Monika Hricova; Pavol Kačmár; Jana Schrötter; Rima Maria Rahal; Noga Cohen; Saiedeh FatahModarres; Miha Zrimsek; Ilya Zakharov; Monica A. Koehn; Celia Esteban-Serna; Robert J. Calin-Jageman; Anthony J. Krafnick; Eva Štrukelj; Peder Mortvedt Isager; Jan Urban; Jaime R. Silva; Marcel Martončik; Sanja Batić Očovaj; Dušana Šakan; Anna O. Kuzminska; Jasna Milosevic Djordjevic; Inês A.T. Almeida; Ana Ferreira; Ljiljana B. Lazarevic; Harry Manley; Danilo Zambrano Ricaurte; Renan P. Monteiro; Zahra Etabari; Erica Musser; Daniel Dunleavy; Weilun Chou; Hendrik Godbersen; Susana Ruiz-Fernández; Crystal Reeck; Carlota Batres; Komila Kirgizova; Abdumalik Muminov; Flavio Azevedo; Daniela Serrato Alvarez; Muhammad Mussaffa Butt; Jeong Min Lee; Zhang Chen; Frederick Verbruggen; Ignazio Ziano; Murat Tümer; Abdelilah C.A. Charyate; Dmitrii Dubrov; María del Carmen M.C. Tejada Rivera; Christopher Aberson; Bence Pálfi; Mónica Alarcón Maldonado; Barbora Hubena; Asli Sacakli; Chris D. Ceary; Karley L. Richard; Gage Singer; Jennifer T. Perillo; Tonia Ballantyne; Wilson Cyrus-Lai; Maksim Fedotov; Hongfei Du; Magdalena Wielgus; Ilse L. Pit; Matej Hruška; Daniela Sousa; Balazs Aczel; Barnabas Szaszi; Sylwia Adamus; Krystian Barzykowski; Leticia Micheli; Nadya Daniela Schmidt; Andras N. Zsido; Mariola Paruzel-Czachura; Michal Bialek; Marta Kowal; Agnieszka Sorokowska; Michal Misiak; Débora Mola; María Victoria Ortiz; Pablo Sebastián Correa; Anabel Belaus; Fany Muchembled; Rafael R. Ribeiro; Patricia Arriaga; Raquel Oliveira; Leigh Ann Vaughn; Paulina Szwed; Małgorzata Kossowska; Gabriela Czarnek; Julita Kielińska; Benedict Antazo; Ruben Betlehem; Stefan Stieger; Gustav Nilsonne; Nicolle Simonovic; Jennifer Taber; Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe; Artur Domurat; Keiko Ihaya; Yuki Yamada; Anum Urooj; Tripat Gill; Martin Čadek; Lisa Bylinina; Johanna Messerschmidt; Murathan Kurfalı; Adeyemi Adetula; Ekaterina Baklanova; Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir; Heather B. Kappes; Biljana Gjoneska; Thea House; Andrew G. Thomas; Steve M.J. Janssen

doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

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

Ke Wang, Amit Goldenberg, Charles A. Dorison, Jeremy K. Miller, Andero Uusberg, Jennifer S. Lerner, James J. Gross, Bamikole Bamikole Agesin, Márcia Bernardo, Olatz Campos, Luis Eudave, Karolina Grzech, Daphna Hausman Ozery, Emily A. Jackson, Elkin Oswaldo Luis Garcia, Shira Meir Drexler, Anita Penić Jurković, Kafeel Rana, John Paul Wilson, Maria AntoniadiKermeka Desai, Zoi Gialitaki, Elizaveta Kushnir, Khaoula Nadif, Olalla Niño Bravo, Rafia Nauman, Marlies Oosterlinck, Myrto Pantazi, Natalia Pilecka, Anna Szabelska, I. M.M. van Steenkiste, Katarzyna Filip, Andreea Ioana Bozdoc, Gabriela Mariana Marcu, Elena Agadullina, Matúš Adamkovič, Marta Roczniewska, Cecilia Reyna, Angelos P. Kassianos, Minja Westerlund, Lina Ahlgren, Sara Pöntinen, Gabriel Agboola Adetula, Pinar Dursun, Azuka Ikechukwu Arinze, Nwadiogo Chisom Arinze, Chisom Esther Ogbonnaya, Izuchukwu L.G. Ndukaihe, Ilker Dalgar, Handan Akkas, Paulo Manuel Macapagal, Savannah Lewis, Irem Metin-Orta, Francesco Foroni, Megan Willis, Anabela Caetano Santos, Aviv Mokady, Niv Reggev, Merve A. Kurfali, Martin R. Vasilev, Nora L. Nock, Michal Parzuchowski, Mauricio F. Espinoza Barría, Marek Vranka, Markéta Braun Kohlová, Ivan Ropovik, Mikayel Harutyunyan, Chunhui Wang, Elvin Yao, Maja Becker, Efisio Manunta, Gwenael Kaminski, Dafne Marko, Kortnee Evans, David M.G. Lewis, Andrej Findor, Anais Thibault Landry, John Jamir Benzon Aruta, Manuel S. Ortiz, Zahir Vally, Ekaterina Pronizius, Martin Voracek, Claus Lamm, Maurice Grinberg, Ranran Li, Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Giovanna Mioni, Nicola Cellini, Sau Chin Chen, Janis Zickfeld, Karis Moon, Habiba Azab, Neil Levy, Alper Karababa, Jennifer L. Beaudry, Leanne Boucher, W. Matthew Collins, Anna Louise Todsen, Kevin van Schie, Jáchym Vintr, Jozef Bavolar, Lada Kaliska, Valerija Križanić, Lara Samojlenko, Razieh Pourafshari, Sandra J. Geiger, Julia Beitner, Lara Warmelink, Robert M. Ross, Ian D. Stephen, Thomas J. Hostler, Soufian Azouaghe, Randy McCarthy, Anna Szala, Caterina Grano, Claudio Singh Solorzano, Gulnaz Anjum, William Jimenez-Leal, Maria Bradford, Laura Calderón Pérez, Julio E. Cruz Vásquez, Oscar J. Galindo-Caballero, Juan Camilo Vargas-Nieto, Ondřej Kácha, Alexios Arvanitis, Qinyu Xiao, Rodrigo Cárcamo, Saša Zorjan, Zuzanna Tajchman, Iris Vilares, Jeffrey M. Pavlacic, Jonas R. Kunst, Christian K. Tamnes, Claudia C. von Bastian, Mohammad Atari, Mohammad Hasan Sharifian, Monika Hricova, Pavol Kačmár, Jana Schrötter, Rima Maria Rahal, Noga Cohen, Saiedeh FatahModarres, Miha Zrimsek, Ilya Zakharov, Monica A. Koehn, Celia Esteban-Serna, Robert J. Calin-Jageman, Anthony J. Krafnick, Eva Štrukelj, Peder Mortvedt Isager, Jan Urban, Jaime R. Silva, Marcel Martončik, Sanja Batić Očovaj, Dušana Šakan, Anna O. Kuzminska, Jasna Milosevic Djordjevic, Inês A.T. Almeida, Ana Ferreira, Ljiljana B. Lazarevic, Harry Manley, Danilo Zambrano Ricaurte, Renan P. Monteiro, Zahra Etabari, Erica Musser, Daniel Dunleavy, Weilun Chou, Hendrik Godbersen, Susana Ruiz-Fernández, Crystal Reeck, Carlota Batres, Komila Kirgizova, Abdumalik Muminov, Flavio Azevedo, Daniela Serrato Alvarez, Muhammad Mussaffa Butt, Jeong Min Lee, Zhang Chen, Frederick Verbruggen, Ignazio Ziano, Murat Tümer, Abdelilah C.A. Charyate, Dmitrii Dubrov, María del Carmen M.C. Tejada Rivera, Christopher Aberson, Bence Pálfi, Mónica Alarcón Maldonado, Barbora Hubena, Asli Sacakli, Chris D. Ceary, Karley L. Richard, Gage Singer, Jennifer T. Perillo, Tonia Ballantyne, Wilson Cyrus-Lai, Maksim Fedotov, Hongfei Du, Magdalena Wielgus, Ilse L. Pit, Matej Hruška, Daniela Sousa, Balazs Aczel, Barnabas Szaszi, Sylwia Adamus, Krystian Barzykowski, Leticia Micheli, Nadya Daniela Schmidt, Andras N. Zsido, Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Michal Bialek, Marta Kowal, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Michal Misiak, Débora Mola, María Victoria Ortiz, Pablo Sebastián Correa, Anabel Belaus, Fany Muchembled, Rafael R. Ribeiro, Patricia Arriaga, Raquel Oliveira, Leigh Ann Vaughn, Paulina Szwed, Małgorzata Kossowska, Gabriela Czarnek, Julita Kielińska, Benedict Antazo, Ruben Betlehem, Stefan Stieger, Gustav Nilsonne, Nicolle Simonovic, Jennifer Taber, Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Artur Domurat, Keiko Ihaya, Yuki Yamada, Anum Urooj, Tripat Gill, Martin Čadek, Lisa Bylinina, Johanna Messerschmidt, Murathan Kurfalı, Adeyemi Adetula, Ekaterina Baklanova, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Heather B. Kappes, Biljana Gjoneska, Thea House, Andrew G. Thomas, Steve M.J. Janssen

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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. Protocol registration: The stage 1 protocol for this Registered Report was accepted in principle on 12 May 2020. The protocol, as accepted by the journal, can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4878591.v1.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1089-1110
Number of pages	22
Journal	Nature Human Behaviour
Volume	5
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic
emotions
negative emotions
mental health
pandemic impacts
human behaviour
psychology

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Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C. A., Miller, J. K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J. S., Gross, J. J., Agesin, B. B., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Eudave, L., Grzech, K., Ozery, D. H., Jackson, E. A., Garcia, E. O. L., Drexler, S. M., Jurković, A. P., Rana, K., Wilson, J. P., ... Janssen, S. M. J. (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(8), 1089-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

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PY - 2021/8

Y1 - 2021/8

N2 - 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. Protocol registration: The stage 1 protocol for this Registered Report was accepted in principle on 12 May 2020. The protocol, as accepted by the journal, can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4878591.v1.

AB - 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. Protocol registration: The stage 1 protocol for this Registered Report was accepted in principle on 12 May 2020. The protocol, as accepted by the journal, can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4878591.v1.

KW - COVID-19 pandemic

KW - emotions

KW - negative emotions

KW - mental health

KW - pandemic impacts

KW - human behaviour

KW - psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111795195&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

DO - 10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85111795195

SN - 2397-3374

VL - 5

SP - 1089

EP - 1110

JO - Nature Human Behaviour

JF - Nature Human Behaviour

IS - 8

ER -

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

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