Exposure to adversity (eg, poverty, bereavement) is a robust predictor of disruptions in
psychological functioning. However, people vary greatly in their responses to adversity; …

People respond to stressful events in different ways, depending on the event and on the
regulatory strategies they choose. Coping and emotion regulation theorists have proposed …

Laypeople and scientists alike believe that they know anger, or sadness, or fear, when they
see it. These emotions and a few others are presumed to have specific causal mechanisms …

Public stigma robs people with mental illnesses from rightful opportunities related to work
and other important life goals. Advocates have developed anti-stigma programs meant to …

Research showing that activation of negative stereotypes can impair the performance of
stigmatized individuals on a wide variety of tasks has proliferated. However, a complete …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

How do people effectively regulate their emotional reactions? Why are some people better
at this than others? Most prior research has addressed these questions by focusing on …

We propose a Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes (TCTSA) which is an
amalgamation and extension of the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat, the …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its
own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science …

The biopsychosocial model (BPSM) of challenge and threat has evolved over the last
decade or so, becoming increasingly more complex as more evidence has accumulated …