Emotion regulation strategies of college students

a systematic literature review

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https://doi.org/10.25053/redufor.v7i1.7152

Keywords:

Emotions, Teacher Education, Literature Review

Abstract

Emotion regulation strategies can be taught to students, contributing to improve achievement in the educational context. Therefore, it is important to identify whether students know and use strategies to regulate their emotions. Thus, the present study aimed to conduct a systematic review of the literature about research regarding emotion regulation strategies of college students, predominantly from teacher education courses. International and national articles published between 2015 to 2020 indexed in the APA, BVS-Psi, ERIC, SciELO, Science Direct, Scopus, and Redalyc databases were analyzed. After applying the inclusion criteria, five studies were selected. The results revealed that students report employing different strategies to regulate their emotions. The instruments employed in the research and the variables associated with the use of these strategies were also identified. It is noteworthy the need to expand the investigations about this theme, in the national context, considering a larger number of variables of interest

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Author Biographies

Sofia Pellisson, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Psicóloga del Centro Universitario Salesiano de São Paulo, con especialización en Neuropsicología Aplicada a la Neurología Infantil de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Estatal de Campinas, estudiante de maestría en el Programa de Postgrado de la Facultad de Educación de la UNICAMP.

Evely Boruchovitch, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

D. in Education from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, State University of Campinas, CNPq 1B Productivity Fellow.

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Published

2022-01-01

How to Cite

PELLISSON, S. .; BORUCHOVITCH, E. Emotion regulation strategies of college students: a systematic literature review. Educ. Form., [S. l.], v. 7, p. e7152, 2022. DOI: 10.25053/redufor.v7i1.7152. Disponível em: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/redufor/article/view/7152. Acesso em: 29 jan. 2026.