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MeSH Heading: Emotional Regulation
Tree Number(s): F01.145.813.595.500; F01.470.311
Unique ID: D000080103
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080103
Scope Note: The manifestation of an emotional response by which individuals influence the intensity, duration, valence, or manifestation of their response. Emotion regulation either precedes (avoidance, interpretation) or follows an emotion (suppression, reappraisal). Emotion regulation is distinct from coping (focuses primarily on decreasing a negative emotional experience), and can include increasing or decreasing both positive and negative emotions consciously or unconsciously.
Entry Term(s): Emotion Regulation; Emotion Self-Regulation; Emotional Self-Regulation
Previous Indexing: Emotions (1994-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/05/10

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

physiology (PH)

Concept UI: M000646451
Scope Note: The manifestation of an emotional response by which individuals influence the intensity, duration, valence, or manifestation of their response. Emotion regulation either precedes (avoidance, interpretation) or follows an emotion (suppression, reappraisal). Emotion regulation is distinct from coping (focuses primarily on decreasing a negative emotional experience), and can include increasing or decreasing both positive and negative emotions consciously or unconsciously.
Terms: Emotional Regulation Preferred Term
Term UI T000957075
Date05/06/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Emotion Regulation
Term UI T000950116
Date12/29/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Emotional Self-Regulation
Term UI T000957076
Date05/06/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Emotion Self-Regulation
Term UI T000957077
Date05/06/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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