Reappraisal, the act of reframing a situation differently, is associated with affective benefits. Preliminary correlational evidence suggests that successfully down-regulating negative affect is associated with lower motivation to engage in political action, although experimental studies could not find such negative impact. We hypothesized that reappraisal may impact threat mitigation behavior differently, depending on its implementation: If individuals implement reappraisal to down-regulate their negative affect in response to a threatening situation, they neutralize the mobilizing effect of negative affect in threat mitigation, resulting in less engagement in threat mitigation behavior. However, if individuals reframe one's barriers to act, they should engage more strongly in such behavior. To test this hypothesis, we conducted an online experiment (N = 693) where participants read about threats to biodiversity before being instructed to reappraise these threats with a focus on either emotions or barriers and then engaged in a consequential biodiversity conservation task. This manipulation did not significantly impact threat mitigation intentions nor actual behavior. However, we found correlational evidence for differential associations: Reappraising one's negative affect more successfully was significantly associated with less engagement in threat mitigation behavior, while reappraising one's barriers more successfully was associated with more engagement in threat mitigation behavior.

重新评估，即以不同方式重新构建情境的行为，与情感利益相关。初步相关证据表明，成功下调负面影响与参与政治行动的动机较低有关，尽管实验研究未能发现这种负面影响。我们假设重新评估可能会以不同方式影响威胁缓解行为，具体取决于其实施情况：如果个人实施重新评估以下调他们对威胁情况的负面影响，他们会抵消负面影响在威胁缓解中的动员作用，从而导致参与度降低在威胁缓解行为中。然而，如果个人重新设定行为障碍，他们应该更强烈地参与这种行为。为了检验这个假设，N  = 693）参与者阅读了有关生物多样性的威胁，然后被指示重新评估这些威胁，重点关注情绪或障碍，然后参与相应的生物多样性保护任务。这种操纵不会显着影响威胁缓解意图或实际行为。然而，我们发现了差异关联的相关证据：更成功地重新评估一个人的负面影响与更少参与威胁缓解行为显着相关，而更成功地重新评估一个人的障碍与更多参与威胁缓解行为相关。