Dr. Mauss will address how adverse life events and circumstances commonly diminish psychological health and well-being, sometimes leading to immense pain and suffering. People’s ability to manage (“regulate”) negative emotions is thought to be a pivotal resilience factor. She will present research on one particularly promising type of emotion regulation: reappraisal (reframing how one thinks about emotional events), as well as a complementary strategy: Emotional acceptance (accepting one’s emotions without judgment). The presentation will be followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.

 

Brief Biography: Iris Mauss received her PhD in psychology from Stanford University. She is Professor of Psychology and director of the Institute for Social and Personality Research (IPSR) at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines emotions and emotion regulation, with an emphasis on their links with psychological health and social functioning, and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. For her teaching and research, she has received multiple awards, including the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Diener.