Handbook of Emotion Regulation

This definitive handbook is now in an extensively revised third edition with many all-new chapters and new topics. Leading authorities present cutting-edge knowledge about how and why people try to regulate their emotions, the consequences of different regulatory strategies, and interventions to enhance this key area of functioning. The biological, cognitive, developmental, and social bases of emotion regulation are explored. The volume identifies critical implications of emotion regulation for mental and physical health, psychopathology, educational achievement, prosocial behavior, and other domains. Clinical and nonclinical interventions are critically reviewed and state-of-the-art measurement approaches described.

New to This Edition
*Broader coverage to bring readers up to speed on the ever-growing literature--features 71 concise chapters, compared to 36 in the prior edition.
*Reflects a decade of continuing, rapid advances in theory and research methods.
*New sections on emotion regulation in groups and collectives, specific emotion regulation processes, nonclinical interventions, and emotion regulation across disciplines.
*Increased attention to the role of emotion regulation in culture, and broader societal issues.

James J. Gross, PhD, is the Ernest R. Hilgard Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, where he directs the Stanford Psychophysiology Laboratory. The author of over 600 publications, which have been cited more than 200,000 times, Dr. Gross was founding president of the Society for Affective Science (SAS). He is the recipient of research awards from the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society. At Stanford, he has received the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize, the Postdoctoral Mentoring Award (twice), and the Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also has received the inaugural Mentorship Award from SAS and the APS Mentor Award from the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Gross has been awarded honorary doctorates from UCLouvain in Belgium and Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and is a Fellow of APS, APA, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His website is https://spl.stanford.edu.

Brett Q. Ford, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, Canada, where she directs the Affective Science and Health Laboratory. Dr. Ford’s research examines emotion regulation, considering both the benefits and the costs of striving to feel good. She has published more than 60 journal articles and book chapters, and has presented her work to international audiences around the world. Dr. Ford is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and a recipient of the Association's Rising Star Award and Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. She has also received the Rising Star Award from the Association for Research in Personality; the Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario; and the Connaught New Researcher Award, Pre-Tenure Faculty Research Award, and Dean’s Special Merit Award from the University of Toronto. Her website is www.brettqford.com.