Examining the role of psychological distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.advisorDenny, Bryan Ten_US
dc.contributor.advisorLeal, Stephanie Len_US
dc.creatorDicker, Eva Ellenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T21:43:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-23T21:43:36Zen_US
dc.date.created2022-05en_US
dc.date.issued2022-04-19en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2022en_US
dc.date.updated2022-09-23T21:43:37Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has been profoundly taxing. Psychological distancing is an emotion regulation strategy where one takes an objective, distant perspective, and is uniquely suited to addressing COVID-19 stress. My first aim was to examine how emotion regulation strategy use is associated with pandemic-related stress across individual differences. Study 1 found that psychological distancing predicts lower overall COVID-19 stress. My second aim was to examine causality between psychological distancing and COVID-19 stress. Study 2, a remote emotion regulation training, showed no significant effects. My third and fourth aims were to examine how perceived vulnerability and emotion polyregulation may moderate emotion regulation success. Exploratory Analysis 1 found that fear of COVID-19 moderated the impact of emotion regulation on COVID-19 stress. Exploratory Analysis 2 found that multiple strategy use reduced the impact of psychological distancing on COVID-19 stress. The studies discussed here offer psychological distancing as a generalizable, adaptive tool during COVID-19.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationDicker, Eva Ellen. "Examining the role of psychological distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113340">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113340</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113340en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectemotion regulationen_US
dc.subjectcognitive reappraisalen_US
dc.subjectpsychological distancingen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.titleExamining the role of psychological distancing during the COVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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