Emotion regulation

/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən ˌɹɛɡ.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ noun

The processes by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they experience and express them.

From Latin 'emotio' (a moving out, stirring up) + 'regulare' (to control, direct). Concept formalized by James Gross in the 1990s.

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