The emotional fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Public leaders need a simple, scalable and effective toolkit to help millions of people cope with the situation. Could reappraisal, an emotion regulation strategy that involves changing the way on thinks about a situation, be part of that toolkit? New research suggests that it may be an effective response to the emotional challenges wrought by the pandemic and other global crises.
You can read more about the study at www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/health/study-helping-people-rethink-their-response-covid-19-can-lead
You can read the study itself at www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01173-x
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