People higher (vs. lower) in religiosity differ in the emotions they typically experience, but do they also differ in how they deal with their emotions? In this investigation, we systematically tested links between religiosity and elements of emotion regulation, including beliefs regarding the controllability of emotion, the motivation to feel better, and the tendency to use specific emotion regulation strategies (e.g., cognitive reappraisal, rumination, distraction). Participants were American Catholics, Israeli Jews, and Muslim Turks (N = 616) who were stratified sampled based on level of religiosity. All eight preregistered hypotheses were confirmed, even after controlling for demographic variables. We found that people higher (vs. lower) in religiosity were more likely to use emotion regulation strategies that are typically linked to adaptive emotional outcomes (e.g., cognitive reappraisal, acceptance) and less likely to use emotion regulation strategies that are typically linked to less adaptive outcomes (e.g., rumination). These findings suggest that people higher (vs. lower) in religiosity may deal with their emotions in more adaptive ways.

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宗教与情绪调节

人们的宗教信仰较高（相对较低），他们通常会遇到的情感有所不同，但是他们对待情感的方式也有所不同吗？在这项调查中，我们系统地测试了宗教信仰与情绪调节要素之间的联系，包括有关情绪可控性的信念，感觉更好的动机以及使用特定情绪调节策略的倾向（例如，认知重新评估，反省，分心）。参加者是美国天主教徒，以色列犹太人和穆斯林土耳其人（N = 616），他们是根据宗教信仰程度进行分层抽样的。即使控制了人口统计学变量，所有八个预先注册的假设都得到了确认。我们发现人们更高（vs. 较低的）在宗教活动中更有可能使用通常与适应性情绪结果（例如，认知重新评估，接受）相关的情绪调节策略，而不太可能使用与不良适应性结果（例如，反省）相关的情绪调节策略。这些发现表明，宗教信仰较高（相对较低）的人们可能以更适应的方式应对自己的情绪。