Engaging agency and emotion regulation: Mazza’s RES model in poetry therapy

Language teacher learning and professional identity can be understood as intertwined. Radical changes in practice entail changes in how teachers understand themselves. Thus, narratives of identity should be considered a significant concern of professional learning. Employing a narrative conception of identity, we argue that narrative identity work is a valuable channel for mediating and supporting teacher growth. We highlight how pedagogical coaching, a dialogic and longitudinal form of professional learning, can create a space for narrative identity work. Using a theoretical lens of narrative identity, we explore one pedagogical coach’s collaboration with two elementary ESL specialists over one school year. We consider how the coach employed identity work tactics to support teacher growth. In so doing, we posit two novel identity tactics: reflective articulation and narrative bricolage. This work highlights the potential of teacher narrative identity work in professional learning for ESL specialists particularly, and general education teachers broadly.

Work is an important setting for individuals’ identity work. As plural institutional contexts provide many possible courses of action, the organizational identity of one’s employer can be a means for people to express their identity. However, research on narrative identity work has so far neglected the role of organizational identity. This paper explores how individual and organizational identities are constructed in narrative identity work. Drawing on qualitative data from focus groups with women who pursue careers in technical fields, we find participants utilizing three key identities to make sense of employment and that organizational experiences as well as societal beliefs are used as resources to negotiate these identities. We also show how four forms of interrelations between organizational identities and individual identities are constructed through narrative identity work. Our study elaborates the concept of narrative identity work, and deepens our understanding of organizational identities and o...

Natural disasters not only cause material losses but also profoundly impact the psychological world of affected individuals, particularly their core belief systems. This study innovatively proposes the subjective perceptual concept of social capital sense, expanding the limitations of traditional objective measurements of social capital. Focusing on residents in the earthquake-stricken area of Shigatse, Tibet, China, on January 7, 2025, this research explores the dual relationships between core beliefs changes and emotion regulation. The study examines the relationships between core beliefs changes and post-traumatic growth, core beliefs changes and social capital sense, post-traumatic growth and emotion regulation, and social capital sense and emotion regulation, as well as the moderating role of individuals’ religiousness orientation. A two-stage questionnaire survey was conducted with 553 affected residents, and structural equation modeling was employed for analysis. The findings reveal that core beliefs changes are significantly positively correlated with post-traumatic growth, and post-traumatic growth is significantly positively correlated with emotion regulation. Core beliefs changes are significantly negatively correlated with social capital sense, while social capital sense is significantly positively correlated with emotion regulation. Religiousness orientation moderates both the relationship between beliefs changes and post traumatic growth and the relationship between core beliefs changes and social capital sense. Among individuals with high religious orientation, the positive relationship between core beliefs changes and post-traumatic growth is stronger, and the negative relationship with social capital sense is weaker. This study provides a theoretical basis for post-disaster psychological interventions, suggesting that differentiated strategies based on the psychological dimensions of affected residents can promote more effective psychological recovery.

Just over two decades ago, Martin Seligman's inaugural lecture as the new president of the APA marked the dawn of Positive Psychology. Seligman called for a science of positive subjective experiences, positive individual states/traits/behaviours, and positive societal factors that improves the quality of life and wellbeing. Since then, this sub-discipline of psychology has shown extraordinary and inspiring growth in both the academy (e.g. research papers/books) and practice (e.g. establishment of professional associations, annual conferences). Positive psychology has increased our collective understanding of the factors that make life worth living, the drivers that enhance wellbeing and the elements that undermine them. It has given birth to many new theories, research models and methodologies that aim to measure, interpret, model and optimize the conditions that lead to flourishing individuals and thriving societies. It has also spawned a magnitude of sub-disciplines ranging from positive ageing, positive coaching, wellbeing therapies, positive relationships, positive health, positive organizational psychology etc. Despite building out its own identity, positive psychology has also been adopted in many adjacent fields like organizational studies, education, health, risk management, and even architectural sciences. In its relatively short life, positive psychology has provided new insights into the human condition and innovative means to solve complex individual, organizational and societal problems. Positive psychology has brought balance to psychology by establishing a platform to focus on more than just fixing what is wrong through focusing on optimizing what already works well. As a collective, we believe that positive psychology can continue to play a vital role in the future by deepening our understanding of 'positivity' and developing practical tools, methodologies, and interventions to enhance people, organizations, and societies' functioning. But what does the future of positive psychology hold? What are the strengths, opportunities, aspirations and results of positive psychology? And how can we, as a collective, build out the credibility and impact of the discipline's future? For us, these are some of the most challenging goals of positive psychology. With the rapid development of the field, detailed research and practice 'roadmaps' are required to direct the discipline's collective energies. This Research Topic tries to address such by collating a series of research agendas about the future of positive psychology in different speciality areas. Specifically, the aim is to identify the limitations in our current understanding of the different theories, models, methods and interventions on which positive psychology is built and propose a roadmap for addressing such in the future. This would aid in setting a specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound research agenda to direct the future development of positive psychology. Contributions are welcome when discussing the current state of theory and research as it pertains to each specific topic, showing empirical data from research and should be presented in the format for a research agenda. We also welcome conceptual papers that provide insights into how the field could develop. We intend that these contributions will be 'visionary, inspiring and provocative' to stimulate and guide new research and positive psychology practice. As such, this Research Topic calls for research agendas on: 1. New theoretical, methodological and practical approaches that could drive the development of the discipline 2. Multiculturality and inclusive perspectives that extends positive psychology to groups that have been ignored or marginalized. Further, to understand and to describe positive phenomenon within different sexual, cultural, racial, and ethnic groups of origin and identity. 3. New independent predictors of wellbeing, happiness and flourishing, as well as contextual factors that could lead to flourishing individuals, positive organizations and thriving societies. 4. Describing new technological innovations that could drive positive psychological assessments and interventions 5. Alternative metrics for economic prosperity (e.g. Gross-Domestic Happiness) 6. Fully integrative, 'hollistic' or alternative approaches on wellbeing 7. Frameworks for positive psychological and -societal interventions aimed at prosperity 8. Integrating positive psychology in emerging domains such as Positive Artificial Intelligence, Human-Robot Collaboration etc. 9. Emerging topics within positive psychology emanating from positive education, positive health, counselling and coaching, positive organizations and institutions, positive clinical psychology, post-traumatic growth and resilience, positive parenting, positive communities and societies, and so on. To be considered for this research topic in Frontiers, we invite potential authors to submit a 300 Word Abstract of their proposed contributions via the Frontiers System before or on the 30th of May 2021. The final manuscripts will be due on the 30th of August 2021 and will be subjected to the normal blind collaborative review process as Frontiers.

Background: Despite the negative consequences of breast cancer, many women experience positive changes after diagnosis. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of emotion regulation between post-traumatic growth (PTG), satisfaction of basic needs and maladaptive schemas. Method: A total of 210 female patients diagnosed with breast cancer for at least six months were assessed using measures of the PTG Inventory, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form, and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. The collected data was analysed using structural equation modelling by SPSS and Amos 23.0. Results: Basic needs and maladaptive schema paths to emotion regulation and PTG, and emotion regulation path to PTG were significant. In addition, maladaptive schemas path to emotion regulation was insignificant. Conclusion: The current results show that focusing on satisfaction of basic needs and using positive emotion regulation strategies positively affect PTG. Additionally, activating maladaptive schemas and using negative emotion regulation strategies have a negative effect on PTG.

This theoretical review proposes a three-phase process model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic growth (PTG). By combining trauma-related theories, emotional regulation theories, social support theories, and empirical study findings to elucidate the mechanisms underlying PTSD and PTG, we then propose our model. The proposed model highlights the dynamic characteristics of the PTSD and PTG developmental processes as well as their coexistence and places equal emphasis on the roles of cognitive and emotional activities and social support in three distinct dynamic phases of PTSD and PTG. It emphasizes that PTSD and PTG share similar prerequisites but that these two outcomes later diverge and ultimately manifest via three distinct phases. The specific roles of cognitive regulation, emotional regulation, and social support, and the potential theoretical and practical implications of this model, are discussed. This integrative and dynamic process model has the potential to advance scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying PTSD and PTG. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

The aim of this review article is to show the benefits of broadening the understanding of the mechanism and treatment of music performance anxiety (MPA) using the knowledge of psychology of emotion and emotional regulation. A review of research literature on the emotional state of the musician during public performances and emotion regulation techniques fosters integration of various approaches: clinical psychology, performance psychology, positive psychology, and psychology of emotion and emotional regulation. Different ways of defining the phenomenon (MPA, optimal arousal, positive emotions, and mixed emotions) imply different directions of psychological intervention. The process model of emotion regulation developed by James J. Gross has been chosen because it is a clear-cut theoretical framework, enabling the integration of a number of theories and the development of comprehensive practical interventions. The benefit of the article is presenting the assumptions of the model, as well as knowledge of emotions and emotional regulation, to the context of musician’s psychological training and the performance preparation process.

What identity narratives do those engaged in dangerous volunteering fabricate and how do they help satisfy their quest for meaningful lives? Based on a three-year ethnographic study of QuakeRescue, a UK-based voluntary, search and rescue charity, we show that volunteers worked on identity narratives as helpers, heroes and hurt. The primary contribution we make is to analyse how meaningfulness (the sense of personal purpose and fulfilment) that people attribute to their lives is both developed through and a resource for individuals’ narrative identity work. We show how organizationally-based actors attribute significance to their lives through authorship of desired identities that are sanctioned and supplied by societal (master) narratives embedded in and constitutive of local communities. In our case, the helper and hero identities dangerous volunteering offered members were seductive. However, their pursuit had ambiguous and sometimes, arguably, negative consequences for volunteers who had seen action overseas, and our study adds to understanding of how organizational members’ quest for meaningful identities may falter and sometimes fail.

Background: Cancer diagnosis causes emotional problems and profound psychological helplessness in patients. We aimed to investigate the relationship between post-traumatic growth and disease perception and emotion regulation in patients with cancer. Methods: The statistical population of this correlation study was all patients aged 18-65 years with breast, leukemia, and gastrointestinal cancer going to the oncology ward of Omid and Imam Khomeini hospitals in Urmia in the first half of 2021. 250 people (121 women and 129 men) were selected by the purposeful sampling method. Data collection tools included a post-traumatic growth questionnaire, a modified illness perception questionnaire, and the emotion regulation process strategies questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation test and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis. Results: The results showed that negative illness perception had a significant and negative relationship, and optimistic illness perception had a positive, meaningful relationship with post-traumatic growth (P<0.05). Emotion regulation had a significant and positive association with post-traumatic growth (P<0.05). Conclusion: How to perceive the disease and emotion regulation strategies in patients with cancer have an influential role in promoting post-traumatic growth.

Introduction: For people, the difficulty in setting up emotions is a kind of incompatibility, and represents a high risk factor for mental health. The present study examined the predictive role of emotion regulation in the posttraumatic growth and development of blind veterans. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-correlation study, participants were 110 blind veterans who were selected using convenience sampling method. Calhoun and Tedeschi emotion regulation difficulty questionnaire as well as Gratz and Roemer posttraumatic growth and development questionnaire were completed with the help of questioners. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression tests via SPSS software. Results: There was a negative relationship between emotion regulation difficulty with posttraumatic growth and development. Moreover, as a result of regression analysis between emotion regulation difficulty with posttraumatic growth and development, F statistic value was 4.319, and the standardized regression coefficient was -0.196. Therefore emotion regulation was able to predict posttraumatic growth and development (P < 0.05). Conclusion: According to research findings, it seems that if emotional regulation is appropriately performed, it is not only possible to prevent high-risk behaviors, but also leads to individual’s growth and development.

This study explored the relationships among resilience, emotion regulation, positive and negative emotion, cognitive reappraisal, and posttraumatic growth in the military training situation. The role of resilience as a potential mediator was also assessed. Three hundred and seventy eight students from one military medical university who just finished one-month military training completed Connor-Davidson resilience questionnaire (CD-RISC), posttraumatic growth inventory (PTGI), emotion regulation scale (ERS), positive and negative affect scale (PANAS), and emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ). It was found that posttraumatic growth had significant positive correlations with resilience, inhibition adjustment, abreaction adjustment, positive emotion, and cognitive reappraisal, and had negative correlation with negative emotion. Resilience, inhibition adjustment, positive emotion, and cognitive reappraisal could significantly predict the level of posttraumatic growth (explaining 53% of the total variance). Resilience partially mediated the associations of positive emotion; inhibit adjustment, cognitive reappraisal, and posttraumatic growth. In conclusion, it could increase the level of cadets’ PTG by resilience, positive and negative emotion, emotion regulation and cognitive reappraisal, and it would be proved that the resilience control the effective of positive and negative emotion, emotion regulation and cognitive reappraisal to PTG.

Behavioral research on emotion regulation thus far has focused on conscious and deliberative strategies such as reappraisal. Neuroscience investigations into emotion regulation have followed suit. However, neuroimaging tools now open the door to investigate more automatic forms of emotion regulation that take place incidentally and potentially outside of participant awareness that have previously been difficult to examine. The present paper reviews studies on the neuroscience of intentional/deliberate emotion regulation and identifies opportunities for future directions that have not yet been addressed. The authors suggest a broad framework for emotion regulation that includes both deliberative and incidental forms. This framework allows insights from incidental emotion regulation to address open questions about existing work, and vice versa. Several studies relevant to incidental emotion regulation are reviewed with the goal of providing an empirical and methodological groundwork for future research. Finally, several theoretical issues for incidental and intentional emotion regulation are discussed.

The mediating role of psychological capital between post-traumatic growth and uncertainty in illness among patients with Parkinson's disease.

Sexual victimization is highly prevalent among college women and is linked to significant psychological distress. Yet, some survivors also report posttraumatic growth (PTG) or positive psychological change following adversity. Social reactions to disclosure of sexual victimization are critical determinants of survivors' recovery, but mechanisms explaining their influence on both distress and growth remain underexplored. Guided by resilience theory, this study examined coping, emotion regulation, and social support as mediators linking social reactions to disclosure with psychological distress and PTG. Participants were 241 cisgender college women (ages 18-24) in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who reported sexual victimization and disclosure. Participants completed validated measures of disclosure reactions, coping, emotion regulation, social support, psychological distress, and PTG through an online survey. Path analysis tested indirect associations among variables. Turning-against reactions were indirectly associated with greater psychological distress via lower emotion regulation and with lower PTG via reduced social support. Positive social reactions were indirectly associated with higher PTG through greater coping and social support. Unsupportive acknowledgment reactions were not significantly related to distress or PTG. Findings demonstrate that disclosure reactions can either exacerbate distress or foster growth, depending on their quality. Emotion regulation, coping, and social support emerged as key mechanisms linking disclosure experiences to survivors' outcomes. Results underscore the importance of preparing both informal and formal support providers to respond supportively to disclosures and suggest that interventions targeting survivors' coping, social support, and emotion regulation may reduce distress and promote growth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

The COVID-19 pandemic places unique challenges to medical rescuers’ occupational health. Thus, it is crucial to assess its direct and indirect impacts on key psychological outcomes and adaptation strategies. This study aims to analyse the impact of this pandemic on medical rescuers’ coping and emotion regulation strategies, and their levels of work-related psychological outcomes, such as burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. Additionally, it aims to analyse the contribution of coping and emotion regulation strategies, employed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. A sample of 111 medical rescuers answered the Brief Cope, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. Medical rescuers resorted moderately to coping and emotion regulation strategies, since the beginning of COVID-19. They presented moderate burnout and post-traumatic growth and low trauma. Coping presented a higher weight on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth, than emotion regulation. Expressive suppression and dysfunctional coping predicted burnout and trauma, and problem and emotion-focused coping predicted post-traumatic growth. Dysfunctional coping mediated and, thus, exacerbated the effect of expressive suppression on burnout and on trauma. Practitioners should pay closer attention to professionals with higher burnout and trauma. Occupational practices should focus on reducing dysfunctional coping and expressive suppression and promoting problem-focused coping.