Cognition & Emotion· 2026Q1
Emotional inertia in daily life: a dynamic structural equation modelling analysis of the role of emotion regulation strategy use
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Negative emotional inertia, the tendency for negative feelings to persist, is mediated by emotion regulation strategies like rumination, suppression, and reappraisal, with acceptance also playing a role.
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Key points
- Emotional inertia describes the resistance of affective states, especially negative ones, to change.
- Negative emotional inertia is associated with maladjustment and is considered a marker of poor emotional regulation.
- Emotion regulation strategies, including rumination, suppression, and reappraisal, are proposed to mediate emotional inertia.
- This study specifically examines the mediating roles of rumination, suppression, reappraisal, and acceptance in negative affect inertia.
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Abstract
Emotional inertia refers to experiencing affective states that are particularly resistant to change. Negative affect inertia is linked to markers of maladjustment and is thus assumed to reflect a form of poor emotional regulation. Recent research using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data has suggested that emotion regulation strategy use may partially mediate emotional inertia, with certain strategies, such as rumination being associated with the maintenance of a negative affective states. The present study builds on this by providing a replication attempt to examine the mediating effects of rumination, suppression, and reappraisal (Bagnara et al., 2024) as well as an extension to additionally examine the role of acceptance in negative affect inertia.
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Field: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychology