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

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dc.contributor.advisorDenny, Bryan T
dc.contributor.advisorLeal, Stephanie L
dc.creatorDicker, Eva Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T21:43:36Z
dc.date.available2022-09-23T21:43:36Z
dc.date.created2022-05
dc.date.issued2022-04-19
dc.date.submittedMay 2022
dc.date.updated2022-09-23T21:43:37Z
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.
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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>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113340
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectemotion regulation
dc.subjectcognitive reappraisal
dc.subjectpsychological distancing
dc.subjectstress
dc.titleExamining the role of psychological distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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