ABSTRACT

The transition to college is a stressful time that can present many emotional challenges and demands. One way to help ease this transition is through the implementation of emotion regulation skills training in first-year experience courses. However, little is known about how students who receive such instruction implement emotion regulation, and what challenges and difficulties they face in doing so. In the present study, first-semester college students (N= 24) who were enrolled in a first-year experience course and received emotion regulation traitning and reported on their experiences regulating their emotions in their everyday lives. Results of thematic analysis revealed six themes in the experience of emotion regulation: emotion regulation as an effortful process, the impact of regulatory goals on regulatory success, the role of timing, emotional awareness, affective forecasting, and regulatory clarity. Findings highlight the challenges that first-semester college students experience while attempting to regulate their emotions during emotional situations, and may aid counseling psychologists understanding of the transition to college with respect to emotion regulation skill development. Further, findings suggest that implementing emotion regulation training in first-year experience courses can provide a meaningful training ground for the development of emotion regulation during the first semester of college.

摘要

向大学过渡是一个充满压力的时期，可能会带来许多情感挑战和要求。帮助缓解这种转变的一种方法是在第一年的体验课程中实施情绪调节技能培训。然而，对于接受这种指导的学生如何实施情绪调节，以及他们在这样做时面临的挑战和困难，我们知之甚少。在本研究中，第一学期的大学生（N= 24) 参加了第一年的体验课程并接受了情绪调节特质并报告了他们在日常生活中调节情绪的经历。主题分析的结果揭示了情绪调节体验中的六个主题：情绪调节是一个需要努力的过程、调节目标对调节成功的影响、时机的作用、情绪意识、情感预测和调节清晰度。调查结果突出了第一学期大学生在情绪状况下尝试调节情绪时遇到的挑战，并可能有助于心理咨询师了解在情绪调节技能发展方面向大学的过渡。更远，