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Overview

Brett Q. Ford is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a total of 59 publications.

Their work covers several subfields of study including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Main topics of their research include:

  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Brett Q. Ford has published papers in several frequent venues, reflecting their research focus. These include:

  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychological Science
  • Affective Science
  • Emotion

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Brett Q. Ford are:

  • "White fragility: An emotion regulation perspective." (2022), American Psychologist
  • "The political is personal: The costs of daily politics." (2023), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Other significant recent publications they contributed to include:

  • "The Future of Women in Psychological Science" (2020), Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Self-control: An integrative framework" (2023), Social and Personality Psychology Compass
  • "Rethinking reappraisal: The double-edged sword of regulating negative emotions in the workplace" (2020), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Brett Q. Ford collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Emily C Willroth
  • Amanda J. Shallcross
  • Matthew Feinberg
  • Angela M. Smith
  • Iulia Niculescu

Best Publications

  • Why Beliefs About Emotion Matter: An Emotion-Regulation Perspective:

    Brett Q. Ford;James J. Gross

  • The psychological health benefits of accepting negative emotions and thoughts: Laboratory, diary, and longitudinal evidence.

    Brett Q. Ford;Phoebe Lam;Oliver P. John;Iris B. Mauss

  • When feeling bad is expected to be good: Emotion regulation and outcome expectancies in social conflicts.

    Maya Tamir;Brett Q. Ford

  • Culture and emotion regulation.

    Brett Q Ford;Iris B Mauss

  • Culture shapes whether the pursuit of happiness predicts higher or lower well-being.

    Brett Q. Ford;Julia Dmitrieva;Daniel Heller;Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton

  • Reappraisal Reconsidered: A Closer Look at the Costs of an Acclaimed Emotion-Regulation Strategy:

    Brett Q. Ford;Allison S. Troy

  • Getting better with age: The relationship between age, acceptance, and negative affect.

    Amanda J. Shallcross;Brett Q. Ford;Victoria A. Floerke;Iris B. Mauss

  • Choosing to be afraid: preferences for fear as a function of goal pursuit.

    Maya Tamir;Brett Q. Ford

  • Broadening Our Field of View: The Role of Emotion Polyregulation:

    Brett Q. Ford;James J. Gross;June Gruber

  • DESPERATELY SEEKING HAPPINESS: VALUING HAPPINESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION.

    Brett Q. Ford;Amanda J. Shallcross;Iris B. Mauss;Victoria A. Floerke

  • Emotion Regulation: Why Beliefs Matter

    Brett Q. Ford;James J. Gross

  • The cost of believing emotions are uncontrollable: Youths’ beliefs about emotion predict emotion regulation and depressive symptoms

    Brett Q. Ford;Sandy J. Lwi;Amy L. Gentzler;Benjamin Hankin

  • Should people pursue feelings that feel good or feelings that do good? Emotional preferences and well-being.

    Maya Tamir;Brett Q. Ford

  • Change the things you can: Emotion regulation is more beneficial for people from lower than from higher socioeconomic status.

    Allison S. Troy;Brett Q. Ford;Kateri McRae;Pareezad Zarolia

  • Poor caregiver mental health predicts mortality of patients with neurodegenerative disease.

    Sandy J. Lwi;Brett Q. Ford;James J. Casey;Bruce L. Miller

  • When getting angry is smart: emotional preferences and emotional intelligence

    Brett Q Ford;Maya Tamir

  • Too much of a good thing? Cardiac vagal tone's nonlinear relationship with well-being.

    Aleksandr Kogan;June Gruber;Amanda J. Shallcross;Brett Q. Ford

  • The Future of Women in Psychological Science

    June Gruber;Jane Mendle;Kristen A. Lindquist;Toni Schmader

  • High cardiac vagal control is related to better subjective and objective sleep quality

    Gabriela G. Werner;Brett Q. Ford;Iris B. Mauss;Manuel Schabus

  • Valuing happiness is associated with bipolar disorder.

    Brett Q. Ford;Iris B. Mauss;June Gruber

  • Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize Anger and Visual Attention to Threats and Rewards

    Brett Q. Ford;Maya Tamir;Tad T. Brunyé;Tad T. Brunyé;William R. Shirer;William R. Shirer

  • THE PARADOXICAL EFFECTS OF PURSUING POSITIVE EMOTION When and Why Wanting to Feel Happy Backfi res

    Brett Q. Ford;Iris B. Mauss

Frequent Co-Authors

Iris B. Mauss
Iris B. Mauss University of California, Berkeley
Maya Tamir
Maya Tamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
June Gruber
June Gruber University of Colorado Boulder
Frank H. Wilhelm
Frank H. Wilhelm University of Salzburg
Kateri McRae
Kateri McRae University of Denver
Tad T. Brunyé
Tad T. Brunyé Tufts University
Jens Blechert
Jens Blechert University of Salzburg
Benjamin L. Hankin
Benjamin L. Hankin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel K. Mroczek
Daniel K. Mroczek Northwestern University

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