title: Appraisals, emotions and emotion regulation: An integrative approach.
abstract: The present work aims to investigate the relation between appraisals, emotions, and emotion regulation strategies by creating a structural equation model which integrates these three aspects of the emotion process. To reach this aim, Italian students (N = 610) confronted with their high school diploma examination completed a questionnaire 3 weeks before the beginning of the exam. Results showed that they experienced primarily three types of emotions-anxiety/fear, frustration/powerlessness, positive emotions-which were related to specific appraisal profiles. Importantly, these appraisal profiles and emotions were associated with the use of different strategies for regulating emotions: anxiety/fear was associated with focusing on the exam, drug use, and an inability to distance oneself from the exam; frustration/powerlessness, with use of suppression, distancing, and drugs; positive emotion, with reappraisal and problem focused strategies. The effectiveness of these different strategies will be discussed.
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tinti
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Testa