Vulnerable Buoyancy: A New View on Emotional Regulation Under Uncertainty

Occupation: Professor of the Department of General Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Address: 11, build. 9 Mokhovaya Str., Moscow 125009, Russian Federation

Yuliya V. Krasavtseva

Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Address: 11, build. 9 Mokhovaya Str., Moscow 125009, Russian Federation

Journal name

Chelovek

Edition

Volume 34 Issue 4

Pages

39-57

Abstract

Stress is often accompanied by high uncertainty, which makes it difficult or ineffective to make the right decisions. Affective-personal regulation of the decision-making process has been poorly studied to date, and the variables characterizing different aspects of emotional regulation have not been presented in a single complex of their interactions in relation to human uncertainty. In multiple decision-making regulation, the relevant variables can interact with each other, which can be reflected in the effectiveness of problem solving or decision-making. The aim of the article was to develop a model that links the variables of empathy (cognitive and affective), subclinical narcissism and tolerance for uncertainty with latent factors of Self-efficacy of human decisions and Vulnerable buoyancy. Vulnerable buoyancy is a new concept that allows us to consider emotional regulation under conditions of uncertainty not as stability, but rather as a dynamic system of self-regulation that positively determines the effectiveness of decision-making. The Dirty Dozen, Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy, The Subjective Risk Intelligence Scale, and The New Tolerance-intolerance to Uncertainty Questionnaire were used on a sample of n = 446. A correlation analysis was carried out and a structural model was built, which allowed: to substantiate the selection of an integrative latent variable Vulnerable buoyancy; to take a fresh approach to the relationship of narcissism with other variables of the emotional-personal sphere, which, according to the literature, are quite contradictory; to demonstrate the different roles of affective and cognitive empathy, manifesting Self-efficacy in problem solving (cognitive empathy) and Vulnerable buoyancy (affective empathy).

Keywords

empathy, tolerance for uncertainty, narcissism, Self-еfficacy in problem solving, Dark triad, Vulnerable buoyancy

Received

02.09.2023

Publication date

03.09.2023

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25860

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GOST	Kornilova T., Krasavtseva Y. Vulnerable Buoyancy: A New View on Emotional Regulation Under Uncertainty // Chelovek – 2023. – V. 34. – Issue 4 C. 39-57 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://chelovek-journal.ru/S023620070027352-4-1 (circulation date: 19.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S023620070027352-4
MLA	Kornilova, Tat'yana V, Krasavtseva, Yuliya V "Vulnerable Buoyancy: A New View on Emotional Regulation Under Uncertainty." Chelovek 34.4 (2023):39-57. DOI: 10.31857/S023620070027352-4
APA	Kornilova T., Krasavtseva Y. (2023). Vulnerable Buoyancy: A New View on Emotional Regulation Under Uncertainty. Chelovek 34(4), pp.39-57 DOI: 10.31857/S023620070027352-4

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