Emotional Forecasting of Happiness
The aim of this study was to explore which group-based emotion regulation goals and strategies are offered in the group culture of Jehovah’s Witnesses (jws). Based on interviews with 29 group-active jws in Norway, a thematic analysis was conducted in which an overall pattern of cognition taking prec...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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SAGE Publishing
2017
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Dans: |
Archive for the psychology of religion
Année: 2017, Volume: 39, Numéro: 3, Pages: 312-343 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Norwegen
/ Témoins de Jéhovah
/ Réaction émotionnelle
/ Bonheur
/ Prévision
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Classifications IxTheo: | AG Vie religieuse AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religion
emotion regulation
Jehovah’s Witnesses
cognitive reappraisal
social sharing
emotional forecasting
prospection
end-time expectations
Norway
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Résumé: | The aim of this study was to explore which group-based emotion regulation goals and strategies are offered in the group culture of Jehovah’s Witnesses (jws). Based on interviews with 29 group-active jws in Norway, a thematic analysis was conducted in which an overall pattern of cognition taking precedence over emotions was found. Due to end-time expectations and a long-term goal of eternal life in Paradise, future emotions were prioritized. The emotion regulation strategies identified among jws were social sharing and the interconnected cognitive reappraisal. A new concept, emotional forecasting, was introduced, describing a reappraisal tactic of regulation using prospects of future emotions to regulate the here and now. It was concluded that the prospection of the future is a strong regulator of emotions of the here and now and should be included in psychological models of emotion regulation. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6121 |
Contient: | In: Archive for the psychology of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341341 |