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We can use several different strategies when we try to help others feel better. The current research found that people do different when helping a close friend feel better than when helping others. 1) You are more likely to make a regulation attempt (try to make them feel better) for a close friend; 2) You are more likely to use the strategy of receptive listening (encouraging the friend to talk about their feelings) for a close friend; 3) You are more likely to evaluate that your attempt was successful for a close friend; and 4) You feel empathy for your close friend (you tend to know more and care more about how your close friend is feeling than how others are feeling).
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This page is a summary of: I know you so I will regulate you: Closeness but not target’s emotion type affects all stages of extrinsic emotion regulation., Emotion, June 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/emo0001073.
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