Handbook of Emotion Regulation [Paperback]

James J. Gross PhD (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 18, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1606233548 | ISBN-13: 978-1606233542 | Edition: 1

This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive road map of the important and rapidly growing field of emotion regulation. Each of the 30 chapters in this handbook reviews the current state of knowledge on the topic at hand, describes salient research methods, and identifies promising directions for future investigation. The contributors—who are the foremost experts in the field—address vital questions about the neurobiological and cognitive bases of emotion regulation, how we develop and use regulatory strategies across the lifespan, individual differences in emotion regulation, social psychological approaches, and implications for psychopathology, clinical interventions, and health.

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Editorial Reviews

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"This handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers and clinicians interested in emotion, mood, and self-regulation. It brings together leaders in diverse fields to explore the biological and psychosocial underpinnings and clinical implications of emotion regulation. A suitable primary or secondary text for a seminar on emotion regulation, this volume is likely to become a classic in the field."--Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, PhD, Yale University

 

"If human beings are fundamentally in the business of pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, then this book is about the most fundamental aspect of human life. At long last, the world's experts on emotion regulation have come together to provide a grand tour of the research landscape, and the result is well worth the price of admission. Both students and scientists will find much to be learned in these pages."--Daniel Gilbert, PhD, Harvard University

 

"The Handbook of Emotion Regulation is a handbook in the finest sense--it is comprehensive, scholarly, interesting, and current. Its scope is impressive, moving from theory to clinical application, from cellular to societal levels of analysis, and across the lifespan from childhood to old age. Students will find it accessible, and anyone whose work touches on emotion regulation will find it eminently useful."--Susan Folkman, PhD, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

 

"Emotion regulation is a dynamic, burgeoning research topic. Its siren call toward happier, less conflictual, even healthier lives is hard to resist. Gross has brought together a formidable array of experts to illustrate the ferment, diversity, and uncertainty of the field. This handbook is unique in its coverage. Many of the chapters take adult psychology as their starting point, but ample space is devoted to neural processes, cross-species comparison, and developmental changes in emotion regulation, as well as individual differences and their clinical implications. There are also unexpected but welcome chapters examining the impact of cultural and religious traditions. A comprehensive and thoughtful progress report from acknowledged leaders. Students will enjoy the chance to sample the field's variety and excitement."--Paul L. Harris, PhD, Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

"An outstanding contribution to the field of emotion research and theory. The chapter authors include nearly all of those who have been doing recent, cutting-edge empirical and theoretical work in this area, and their contributions are clear, succinct, and comprehensive in scope. This is truly a handbook, addressing topics ranging from the biological bases of emotion regulation to innovative clinical applications, and everything in between. Several authors address relevant topics that are not typically covered in books on emotion (e.g., the neurogenetics of emotion regulation). This volume will serve as an important resource for investigators and theorists in emotion research, for professionals who seek to understand and apply the growing body of knowledge regarding emotion regulation, and for graduate students in neuroscience, neuropsychology, cognitive, developmental, personality, social and clinical psychology and related biological, social, and behavioral sciences. It will be required reading for students in my graduate emotion seminar."--Alfred W. Kaszniak, PhD, Departments of Psychology, Neurology, and Psychiatry, University of Arizona

"Provides an all-encompassing view of the brain process of emotion regulation, including recommendations and theoretical bases to be used in clinical practice. The book is a particularly useful tool for any clinician working with patients with impulse-control disorders or frontal-lobe traumatic brain injury."--Metapsychology Online Reviews (Metapsychology Online Reviews )

About the Author

James J. Gross, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, a faculty member in the Neurosciences Program, and the Director of the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory at Stanford University. He is a leading researcher in the areas of emotion and emotion regulation, and is well known for his innovative theoretical and experimental analyses of emotion regulation processes. He is also an award-winning teacher, a Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, and the Director of the Stanford Psychology One Teaching Program. Dr. Gross earned his BA in philosophy from Yale University and his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He has received early career awards from the American Psychological Association, the Western Psychological Association, and the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Dr. Gross has an extensive program of investigator-initiated research, with grants from both the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. His publications include Psychology (with Henry Gleitman and Daniel Reisberg), and his current research examines emotion regulation processes in healthy and clinical populations using behavioral, autonomic, and functional magnetic resonance imaging measures.

Product Details

• Paperback: 654 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (June 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1606233548
• ISBN-13: 978-1606233542
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading, August 10, 2007

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This review is from: Handbook of Emotion Regulation (Hardcover)

This handbook is the first book that offers a true comprehensive, integrative, and thorough review of the field of emotion regulation. It is bound to become the primary resource for scholars and non-scholars who are interested in emotion regulation and the main reference text in the field. Although there are some published books on the topic, such books tend to selectively highlight only one or two perspectives. In contrast, this book includes 30 chapters that together represent multiple distinct perspectives, representing different disciplines within and even outside of psychology. These chapters are written by leading experts and provide clear and insightful reviews of existing methods and approaches. The chapters also present cutting-edge research. Another impressive quality of the handbook is that although chapters are incredibly diverse with respect to their theoretical and methodological approaches, they are nonetheless elegantly tied together. Each chapter provides definitions of common core concepts, addresses common core questions, and many make a reference to common theoretical models in the field. Gross' Handbook of Emotion Regulation is an important resource to those who are interested in learning about adaptive (and maladaptive) ways to regulate emotions in both the self and in others. Furthermore, it is a must-read for anyone who wishes to gain a deep and comprehensive understanding of the field, as it is explored from a scientific perspective.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential volume, August 8, 2007

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E. P. Dowd (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbook of Emotion Regulation (Hardcover)

The field of emotion regulation is a difficult one to adequately cover, because it impinges on so many aspects of life, and is such a critical but little understood part of what it means to be human. Until now, there has been no really good, single source for those wanting to educate themselves on what is known about when and how we control our emotions and when and how they control us. Although designed primarily to cover research findings in emotion regulation for an academic audience, this book will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in understanding how we control and manage our emotions. Insightful, well-written chapters by leading experts on nearly every aspect of emotion control, including cutting-edge findings in neuroscience and therapeutic innovations, described the ideas , controversies, and research in at a level of detail and depth that made for an extremely thought-provoking and satisfying exploration. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and recommend it to students and teachers of psychology, as well as anyone looking to understand more about their own feelings and how to control them.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars recent perspectives in emotion regulation, August 7, 2008

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Stefano Bussolon (Rovereto, Trento Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handbook of Emotion Regulation (Hardcover)

This book is really interesting. Emotion regulation is one of the most important goal in psychotherapy, because maladaptive emotions are at the origin of a number of psychiatric disorders, more notably anxiety and depression. Emotion disregulation is also one of the most invalidating symptoms in personality disorders like the borderline.
The book analyzes the problem from different point of views, mainly in the perspective of the integrative cognitive neuroscience, but also on the developmental perspective, the psychodinamic point of view and the social psychology.