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November 28, 2021Journal of Clinical PsychologyOpen Access

Racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation: A systematic review

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NWNicole H. WeissETEmmanuel D. ThomasMSMelissa R. Schick

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Overview

Systematic review reveals distinct emotion regulation patterns across racial and ethnic groups, highlighting the role of sociocultural context in psychological health.

Key Points

  • Synthesize the existing literature evaluating racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation strategies and emotion regulation potential.
  • Conducted a systematic search across four electronic databases (PsycINFO, Embase, MEDLINE, and CINAHL Plus) following PRISMA guidelines.
  • Identified and reviewed 25 eligible studies from an initial pool of 1,253 articles.
  • Significant racial and ethnic differences in emotion regulation strategies appeared in 71% of reviewed studies, with ethnoracial minorities generally reporting greater strategy use.
  • Differences in emotion regulation potential were identified in 63% of studies, with ethnoracial minorities largely reporting lower potential.

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Weiss et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72e2fec632065ce960d4dbhttps://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23284
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