This book summarizes how awareness of one’s emotions, emotion regulation, emotion appraisal, emotionally laden memories, and emotional competencies influence mental health. Each component is discussed with regard to mechanisms, development, and their impact on psychotherapy. The first part of the book discusses theories linking emotional processes, psychopathology, and mental health. The second part of the book discusses the developmental pathways of change in emotional processes over the lifespan. The third part of the book discusses pathways of change in emotional processes during psychotherapy and includes different forms of treatment of psychological disorders.
1. Change in Emotion and Mental Health - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Dedications - p. iv 6. Table of Contents - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. xv 8. Endorsements - p. xix 9. On the importance of studying change in emotion and mental health - p. xxi 10. Chapter 1 Changing feelings: Individual differences in emotional inertia - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 If it changes, it must be an emotion process: Micro or macro - p. 23 12. Chapter 3 Changing the emotion process: The role of emotion regulation - p. 49 13. Chapter 4 Changes and stabilities in emotional memories - p. 71 14. Chapter 5 Changing emotions and emotional competencies: Interventions in nonclinical settings - p. 97 15. Chapter 6 Children's understanding of mind and emotion: Implications for mental health - p. 119 16. Chapter 7 How appraisal development shapes the development of emotion - p. 141 17. Chapter 8 Changes in emotion regulation across the life span - p. 159 18. Chapter 9 Memory, emotion, and mental health in developmental, cultural, and digital contexts - p. 185 19. Chapter 10 Experience-dependent neurodevelopment of affective learning and regulation in adolescence - p. 209 20. Chapter 11 Emotional awareness and processing in (psychodynamic) psychotherapy - p. 241 21. Chapter 12 Change in emotion appraisal and reappraisal in psychotherapy - p. 259 22. Chapter 13 Emotion regulation as a mechanism of change in psychotherapy - p. 285 23. Chapter 14 Reconsolidation of emotional memories in psychotherapy: How corrective emotional experiences facilitate enduring change - p. 305 24. Chapter 15 Changing emotion with emotion - p. 325 25. Chapter 16 Summary of the recommendations for research on change in emotion and mental health - p. 345 26. Chapter 17 Preparing the next generation of studies on change in emotion and mental health - p. 357 27. Index - p. 373
This book summarizes how awareness of one’s emotions, emotion regulation, emotion appraisal, emotionally laden memories, and emotional competencies influence mental health. Each component is discussed with regard to mechanisms, development, and their impact on psychotherapy. The first part of the book discusses theories linking emotional processes, psychopathology, and mental health. The second part of the book discusses the developmental pathways of change in emotional processes over the lifespan. The third part of the book discusses pathways of change in emotional processes during psychotherapy and includes different forms of treatment of psychological disorders.
1. Change in Emotion and Mental Health - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Dedications - p. iv 6. Table of Contents - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. xv 8. Endorsements - p. xix 9. On the importance of studying change in emotion and mental health - p. xxi 10. Chapter 1 Changing feelings: Individual differences in emotional inertia - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 If it changes, it must be an emotion process: Micro or macro - p. 23 12. Chapter 3 Changing the emotion process: The role of emotion regulation - p. 49 13. Chapter 4 Changes and stabilities in emotional memories - p. 71 14. Chapter 5 Changing emotions and emotional competencies: Interventions in nonclinical settings - p. 97 15. Chapter 6 Children's understanding of mind and emotion: Implications for mental health - p. 119 16. Chapter 7 How appraisal development shapes the development of emotion - p. 141 17. Chapter 8 Changes in emotion regulation across the life span - p. 159 18. Chapter 9 Memory, emotion, and mental health in developmental, cultural, and digital contexts - p. 185 19. Chapter 10 Experience-dependent neurodevelopment of affective learning and regulation in adolescence - p. 209 20. Chapter 11 Emotional awareness and processing in (psychodynamic) psychotherapy - p. 241 21. Chapter 12 Change in emotion appraisal and reappraisal in psychotherapy - p. 259 22. Chapter 13 Emotion regulation as a mechanism of change in psychotherapy - p. 285 23. Chapter 14 Reconsolidation of emotional memories in psychotherapy: How corrective emotional experiences facilitate enduring change - p. 305 24. Chapter 15 Changing emotion with emotion - p. 325 25. Chapter 16 Summary of the recommendations for research on change in emotion and mental health - p. 345 26. Chapter 17 Preparing the next generation of studies on change in emotion and mental health - p. 357 27. Index - p. 373