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| Posted by: | Vera Sacharin |
| Title/Position: | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| School/Organization: | University of Geneva |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | February 21st, 2012 |
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**Call for submissions for a Research Topic of Frontiers in Emotion Science**
The Social Dimension of Emotion Regulation
Topic Editor(s): Vera Sacharin, Ullrich Wagner, Henrik Walter, and Klaus Scherer
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract Submission Deadline: Apr 30, 2012
Article Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012
Emotions and emotion regulation occur in social contexts. We may be unhappy when others earn more, but not admit it when they are around; we may follow our co-workers’ leads in not expressing our anger towards superiors; and we may be more likely to select a movie for a date if our friends enjoyed it. Social comparisons, social adaptations, and social appraisals are just a few examples of how the emergence and regulation of emotions are shaped by the social context.
Emotion regulation entails changing if, when, and how emotions are experienced, e.g., by selecting emotional situations. From the perspective that emotions change continuously, no clear distinction between emotion emergence and emotion regulation exists. Emotion regulation in a broad sense includes situations where the social context regulates if, when, and how emotions emerge. Emotion regulation can be extrinsic (A regulates B’s emotions) and/or intrinsic (A regulates A’s emotion). The social context can influence both, with the latter occurring, for example, after the internalization of emotion knowledge.
The importance of the social context for children’s emotional development is evident in research on attachment and family dynamics, but this research can only provide limited insight into the mechanisms underlying adult regulation because of differences in cognitive abilities and social contexts (e.g. work context). The importance of the social context for adult emotion regulation is increasingly being examined theoretically and empirically. It is time to showcase this new research in order to discern common themes and set the ground for future research.
The aim of this Research Topic is to bring together state-of-the-art research on the mechanisms by which the social context influences emotion regulation, such as research on social comparison processes, social adaptation, emotional contagion, social stress, social situation selection, social appraisals, and neural correlates of emotion regulation in the context of social situations. We anticipate contributions will showcase research using various paradigms, ranging from highly controlled lab settings to settings with high ecological validity. We expect research will encompass different levels of analysis, including group emotions, individual behavior, and neural correlates, and it will highlight the significance of the social dimension of emotion regulation in many areas including social influence, conflict behavior, pro-social behavior, economic decision making, mental health, and interpersonal behavior with strangers, co-workers, and partners.
Frontiers Research Topics are designed to be an organized, encyclopedic coverage of a particular research area, and a forum for discussion and debate. Contributions can be of different article types (Original Research, Methods, Hypothesis & Theory, and others).
Our Research Topic has a dedicated homepage on the Frontiers website, where contributing articles are accumulated and discussions can be easily held. Once all articles are published, the topic will be compiled into an e-book, which can be sent to foundations that fund your research, to journalists and press agencies, and to any number of other organizations. As the ultimate reference source from leading scientists, Frontiers Research Topic articles become highly cited.
Frontiers is a Swiss-based, open access publisher. As such an article accepted for publication incurs a publishing fee, which varies depending on the article type. The publishing fee for accepted articles is below average compared to most other open access journals – and lower than subscription-based journals that apply page and color figure charges. Moreover, for Research Topic articles, the publishing fee is discounted quite steeply thanks to the support of the Frontiers Research Foundation. Details on Frontiers’ fees can be found at http://www.frontiersin.org/about/PublishingFees.
When published, your article will be freely available to visitors to the Frontiers site, and will be indexed in PubMed and other academic archives. As an author in Frontiers, you will retain the copyright to your own paper and all figures.
For more information about this topic and Frontiers in Emotion Science, and to submit abstracts and manuscripts, please visit:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Emotion_Science/researchtopics/The_Social_Dimension_of_Emotio/799
All inquiries about the Research Topic should be directed to the guest editor, Vera Sacharin, via e-mail vera.sacharin@unige.ch.
With best regards,
Vera Sacharin
Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Emotion Science www.frontiersin.org
http://www.frontiersin.org/Registration/Register.aspx
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