title: Does a positive appraisal style work in all stressful situations and for all individuals?
abstract: Kalisch et al. posit that a positive appraisal style is the key to resilience. I will argue instead that the adaptiveness of a particular emotion-regulation strategy is determined by contextual factors. Hence, a positive appraisal style might not always result in positive consequences and is most likely not the only mediator of resilience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz,D-55099 Mainz,Germany.egloff@uni-mainz.dehttp://www.ppd.psychologie.uni-mainz.de/62.php.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Egloff
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014937:Work