TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion regulation in violent conflict
T2 - Reappraisal, hope, and support for humanitarian aid to the opponent in wartime
AU - Halperin, Eran
AU - Gross, James J.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - It is well known that negative intergroup emotions such as anger, fear, and hatred play a major role in initiating and maintaining intergroup conflicts. It is far less clear, however, what factors promote the resolution of intergroup conflicts. Using an emotion regulation- framework, we hypothesised that one form of emotion regulation-namely cognitive reappraisal-should play a salutary role in such conflicts, and be associated with increased hope as well as greater support for humanitarian aid to out-group members. To test these hypotheses, we used a nationwide survey of Jewish-Israeli adults, conducted during the war in Gaza between Israelis and Palestinians. Results obtained via structural equation modelling revealed that Israelis who regulated their negative emotions during the war through reappraisal were more supportive in providing humanitarian aid to innocent Palestinian citizens and that this relation was partially mediated by an enhanced feeling of hope.
AB - It is well known that negative intergroup emotions such as anger, fear, and hatred play a major role in initiating and maintaining intergroup conflicts. It is far less clear, however, what factors promote the resolution of intergroup conflicts. Using an emotion regulation- framework, we hypothesised that one form of emotion regulation-namely cognitive reappraisal-should play a salutary role in such conflicts, and be associated with increased hope as well as greater support for humanitarian aid to out-group members. To test these hypotheses, we used a nationwide survey of Jewish-Israeli adults, conducted during the war in Gaza between Israelis and Palestinians. Results obtained via structural equation modelling revealed that Israelis who regulated their negative emotions during the war through reappraisal were more supportive in providing humanitarian aid to innocent Palestinian citizens and that this relation was partially mediated by an enhanced feeling of hope.
KW - Emotion regulation
KW - Hope
KW - Intergroup conflict
KW - Israeli-Palestinian conflict
KW - Reappraisal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855670775&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02699931.2010.536081
DO - 10.1080/02699931.2010.536081
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C2 - 22017615
AN - SCOPUS:84855670775
SN - 0269-9931
VL - 25
SP - 1228
EP - 1236
JO - Cognition and Emotion
JF - Cognition and Emotion
IS - 7
ER -