Effective emotional regulation : bridging cognitive science and buddhist perspective

Emotions are an important part of human experience and how individuals regulate them denotes the level of personal happiness. The study of this regulation processes have been made from different traditions, that have used different tools to understand and explain them. In this article we approach th...

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Authors: Pozuelos López, Joan Paul, Montano Pellegrini, Andrés
Format: article
Publication Date:2011
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:81160
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/81160
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/enrahonar/v47.169
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Regualació emocional
Conciència emocional
Budisme tibetà
Psicologia cognitiva
Emotional regulation
Emotional awareness
Tibetan buddhism
Cognitive psychology
Regulación emocional
Conciencia emocional
Budismo tibetano
Psicología cognitiva
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Summary:Emotions are an important part of human experience and how individuals regulate them denotes the level of personal happiness. The study of this regulation processes have been made from different traditions, that have used different tools to understand and explain them. In this article we approach the emotional regulation processes from two different perspectives: Tibetan Buddhist and Cognitive Psychology. We describe the understand ing of emotional regulation processes from both traditions, trying to get the concepts as close as we can, so that at the end we will be able to propose a guideline model for the development of educational programs for the training of emotional regulation abilities.