| dc.description.abstract | Despite the studies indicating the importance of emotional regulation when it comes to wellbeing, the literature comparing reactive and proactive emotional regulation is limited. This study aims to fill these gaps by using Emotion Crafting as a form of proactive emotional regulation and compare its effect on wellness with reactive emotion regulation. It was predicted that high levels of emotion crafting would result in high levels of well-being, even when moderated by savoring. The study was completed in the form of a questionnaire and used word of mouth and snowball sampling to gather participants. The results were analyzed through a pearsons correlation analysis, and a hierarchical regression analysis to see if emotion crafting maintained its positive result when accounting for savoring. The results supported both predictions. When levels of emotion crafting rose, so did levels of well-being. This result was still true after moderating for savoring. The results are discussed, both on how the new knowledge can be utilized, and on how future research can fill the remaining gaps of knowledge. | |
