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ArticleBMC psychology2025

The role of emotion regulation in normative influence under uncertainty.

Magnus Bergquist, Malin Ekelund

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Article in BMC psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Magnus BergquistDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Haraldsgatan 1, Göteborg, 41314, Sweden. magnus.bergquist@psy.gu.se.
Malin EkelundDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Haraldsgatan 1, Göteborg, 41314, Sweden.

Funding

Familjen Kamprads Stiftelse,Sweden 20200135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social norms are pivotal in guiding decision-making. Motives for following social norms are often described as gaining or avoiding (dis)approval and as an adaptive heuristic. We propose that social norms also serve an emotion-regulating function. Across three preregistered experiments (n

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Decision MakingEmotional RegulationEmotionsSocial NormsAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMotivationUncertaintyYoung AdultDecision-makingEmotion regulationSocial influenceSocial normsUncertainty

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PMID40616182
PMCPMC12228370

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