RT Article
T1 Emotional Forecasting of Happiness
JF Archive for the psychology of religion
VO 39
IS 3
SP 312
OP 343
A1 Hege Kristin, Ringnes
A1 Stålsett, Gry
A1 Hegstad, Harald
A2 Danboltd, Lars Johan
LA English
PB SAGE Publishing
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1566786053
AB 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.
K1 Religion : emotion regulation : Jehovah’s Witnesses : cognitive reappraisal : social sharing : emotional forecasting : prospection : end-time expectations : Norway
DO 10.1163/15736121-12341341