Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2026/Adaptive versus maladaptive self-reflection

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I found a paper looking at the cultural impacts of adaptive versus maladaptive self-reflection in the context of American and Russian groups. The authors link to some foundational concepts behind adapt/maladapt self-selection including information on the concept of self-distancing - I have included the following quote which stood out to me:

"...demonstrated that cuing people to analyze negative experiences from a self-distanced perspective (rather than a self-immersed perspective) led them to focus less on recounting the emotionally arousing details of their experiences and more on reconstruing them in ways that promote insight and closure." (Grossmann & Kross, 2010).

Hope this helps!

Reference

Grossmann, I., & Kross, E. (2010). The Impact of Culture on Adaptive Versus Maladaptive Self-Reflection. Psychological Science, 21(8), 1150-1157. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610376655

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