The ability to manage and control emotional responses in appropriate and healthy ways. It involves recognizing emotions, understanding their triggers, and choosing how to express or cope with them effectively.
Combines 'emotional' from Latin 'emotus' (moved out, stirred up) and 'regulation' from Latin 'regula' (rule). The concept gained prominence in psychology in the 1990s through James Gross's research on how people influence their emotional experiences.
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