Emotions and Emotion Regulation

The Theory

Basic SDT research topics

Brockman, R.Ciarrochi, J.Parker, P.Kashdan, T. B. (2023) Behaving versus thinking positively: When the benefits of cognitive reappraisal are contingent on satisfying basic psychological needs. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 27 ,120-125

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Kalman-Halevi, M., Kanat-Maymon, Y., Roth, G. (2023) Antecedents of empathic capacity: Emotion regulation styles as mediators between controlling versus autonomy – supportive maternal practices and empathy. International Journal of Emotional Education, Advance online publication

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Waterschoot, J.Morbée, S.Vermote, B.Brenning, K. (2023) Emotion regulation in times of COVID-19: A person-centered approach based on self-determination theory. Current Psychology, 42 ,20211-20225

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Champ, R. E.Adamou, M.Tolchard, B. (2022) Seeking connection, autonomy and emotional feedback: A Self-Determination Theory of self-regulation in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Physiological Reviews, Advance Online

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Collie, R. J. (2022) Perceived social-emotional competence: A multidimensional examination and links with social-emotional motivation and behaviors. Learning and Instruction, 82 ,101656

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Barthelmäs, M.Kesberg, R.Hermann, A.Keller, J. (2022) Five reasons to cry—FRC: a taxonomy for common antecedents of emotional crying. Motivation and Emotion, In Press

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Nguyen, T. T., Weinstein, N., Ryan, R. M. (2021) In In. R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, & L. Nelson (Eds.), The possibilities of aloneness and solitude: Developing an understanding framed through the lens of human motivation and needs. , The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (pp. 224-239) New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell Press.

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Van der Kaap-Deeder, J.Brenning, K.Neyrinck, B. (2021) Emotion regulation and borderline personality features: The mediating role of basic psychological need frustration. Personality and Individual Differences, 168 ,110265

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Brenning, K., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M.De Clercq, B. (2021) Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic risk factor for (non)clinical adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing psychopathology: Investigating the intervening role of psychological need experiences. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, Advance online publication

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Cournoyer, A., Laurin, J. C.Daspe, M-E.Laniel, S. (2021) Conditional regard, stress, and dyadic adjustment in primiparous couples: A dyadic analysis perspective. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, ,1-23

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Van der Kaap-Deeder, J., Soenens, B.Mouratidis, A.De Pauw, S. (2020) Towards a detailed understanding of preschool children’s memory-related functioning and emotion regulation: The role of parents’ observed reminiscence style, memory valence, and parental gender. Developmental Psychology, 56 ,1696-1708

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Ludwig, V. U., Brown, K. W.Brewer, J. A. (2020) Self-regulation without force: Can awareness leverage reward to drive behavior change?. Association for Psychological Science, 15(6) ,1382-1399

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Philippe, F. L.Houle, I. (2020) Cognitive integration of personal or public events affects mental health: Investigating memory networks in a case of natural flooding disaster. Journal of Personality, 88(5) ,861–873

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Benita, M.Shechter, T.Nudler-Muzikant, S.Arbel, R. (2020) Emotion regulation during personal goal pursuit: Integration versus suppression of emotions. Journal of Personality, 00 ,1–15

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Benita, M. (2020) Freedom to feel: A self‐determination theory account of emotion regulation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 14(11) ,e12563

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Houle, I., Philippe, F. L. (2020) Is the negative always that bad? Or how emotion regulation and integration of negative memories can positively affect well-being. Journal of Personality, 88(5) ,965–977

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Arvanitis, A.Kalliris, K. (2020) Consistency and moral integrity: A self-determination theory perspective. Journal of Moral Education, 49 (3) ,316-329

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Roth, G., Vansteenkiste, M., Ryan, R. M. (2019) Integrative emotion regulation: Process and development from a self-determination theory perspective. Development and Psychopathology, 31(3) ,945-956

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Benita, M.Kehat, R.Zaba, R.Blumenkranz, Y. (2019) Choosing to regulate emotions: Pursuing emotion goals in autonomy-supportive and controlling contexts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,

Philippe, F. L.Dobbin, A. E.Ross, S.Houle, I. (2018) Resilience facilitates positive emotionality and integration of negative memories in need satisfying memory networks: An experimental study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 13 ,586-596

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Roth, G.Shahar, B.-H.Zohar-Shefer, Y., Benita, M. (2018) Benefits of emotional integration and costs of emotional distancing. Journal of Personality, 86(6) ,919-934

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Nguyen, T. T., Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L. (2018) Solitude as an approach to affective self-regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(1) ,92-106

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Assor, A.Feinberg, O., Kanat-Maymon, Y., Kaplan, H. (2018) Reducing violence in non-controlling ways: A change program based on self determination theory. , The Journal of Experimental Education , 86(2) (pp. 195-213) doi: 10.1080/00220973.2016.1277336

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Benita, M.Levkovitz, T., Roth, G. (2017) Integrative emotion regulation predicts adolescents’ prosocial behavior through the mediation of empathy. Learning and Instruction, 50 ,14-20

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Roth, G.Shane, N., Kanat-Maymon, Y. (2017) Empathising with the enemy: Emotion regulation and support for humanitarian aid in violent conflicts. Cognition and Emotion, 31(8) ,1511-1524

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Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L., Vansteenkiste, M. (2016) In D. Cicchetti (Ed), Autonomy and autonomy disturbances in self-development and psychopathology: Research on motivation, attachment, and clinical process. , Developmental psychopathology , 1 (pp. 385-438) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Brenning, K., Soenens, B.Van Petegem, S., Vansteenkiste, M. (2015) Perceived maternal autonomy support and early adolescent emotion regulation: A longitudinal study. Social Development, 24(3) ,561-578

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Roth, G., Benita, M.Amrani, C.Shachar, B.-H. (2014) Integration of negative emotional experience versus suppression: Addressing the question of adaptive functioning. Emotion, 14(5) ,908-919

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Assor, A., Kanat-Maymon, Y., Roth, G. (2014) In Weinstein, Netta, Parental conditional regard: Psychological costs and antecedents. , Human motivation and interpersonal relationships (pp. 215-237) Netherlands: Springer.

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Verstuyf, J., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B.Boone, L. (2013) Daily Ups and Downs in Women’s Binge Eating Symptoms: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs, General Self-Control, and Emotional Eating. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32(3) ,335-361

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Roth, G., Assor, A. (2012) The costs of parental pressure to express emotions: Conditional regard and autonomy support as predictors of emotion regulation and intimacy. Journal of Adolescence, 35 ,799–808

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Roth, G., Assor, A. (2012) The cost of parental pressure to express emotions: Conditional regard and autonomy support as predictors of emotion regulation and intimacy. Journal of Adolescence, 35 ,799-808

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Philippe, F. L., Koestner, R.Lecours, S.Beaulieu-Pelletier, G. (2011) The role of autobiographical memory networks in the experience of negative emotions: How our remembered past elicits our current feelings. Emotion, 11 ,1279-1290

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Roth, G., Assor, A., Niemiec, C. P., Ryan, R. M. (2009) The emotional and academic consequences of parental conditional regard: Comparing conditional positive regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support as parenting practices. Developmental Psychology, 45(4) ,1119–1142

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Kashdan, T. B.Mishra, A.Breen, W. E. (2009) Gender differences in gratitude: Examining appraisals, narratives, the willingness to express emotions, and changes in psychological needs. Journal of Personality, 77 ,691-730

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Weinstein, N., Hodgins, H. S. (2009) The moderating role of autonomy and control on the benefits of written emotion expression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(3) ,351-364

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Ryan, R. M., La Guardia, J. G.Solky-Butzel, J., Chirkov, V. I. (2005) On the interpersonal regulation of emotions: Emotional reliance across gender, relationships, and culture. Personal Relationships, 12 ,146-163

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Ryan, R. M.Plant, R. W.Kuczkowski, R. J. (1991) Relation of self-projection processes to performance, emotion, and memory in a controlled interaction setting. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17 ,427-434

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