taverneVanderlind,W. MichaelEveraert,JonasJoormann,Jutta2025-02-012025-02-012022Vanderlind, W M, Everaert, J & Joormann, J 2022, 'Positive emotion in daily life : Emotion regulation and depression', Emotion, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 1614-1624. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo00009441528-3542ORCID: /0000-0001-7084-8881/work/8996092010.1037/emo0000944https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14602/75374Depression is associated with the infrequent use of emotion regulation strategies that increase positive emotion and the frequent use of strategies that decrease positive emotion. However, prior research mostly relies on global, retrospective assessments that fail to capture dynamic relations between positive emotion and emotion regulation in ecologically valid settings. This study used an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) design to test whether depression is related to positive emotion regulation in daily life. We recruited 108 individuals to complete a 14-day EMA study, tracking strategy use and positive emotion over time. Higher momentary positive emotion was associated with greater subsequent use of positive rumination and less use of dampening. Elevated depressive symptoms, however, were associated with lower average use of positive rumination and higher average use of dampening. Depressive symptom levels did not modulate relations between positive emotion and emotion regulation strategy use. Less use of positive rumination and more use of dampening were related to lower levels of momentary positive emotion. Taken together, depression was associated with a pattern of strategy use that is associated with low positive emotion. Emotion regulation may help to explain positive emotion deficits in depression.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessANHEDONIAANXIETYEXPERIENCENEGATIVE AFFECTPSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATIONRESPONSESREWARDRUMINATIONSYMPTOMSVULNERABILITYdampeningdepressionecological momentary assessmentemotion regulationpositive ruminationArticleGeneral rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. - Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. - You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain - You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal" Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85119265429open50286427261197https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/b88d27c5-4a3f-4b1f-97dc-12699a963eb9(c) Universiteit van TilburgVanderlind, W. MichaelEveraert, Jonas§0000-0001-7084-8881Joormann, Jutta