Emotion regulation choice task
Participants completed an adapted version of the emotion regulation choice (ERC) task (Acceptance was defined as letting one’s feelings come and go without trying to control or avoid them, whereas suppression was defined as pushing one’s feelings down or out of their mind. Following each image trial, participants were asked three questions about their emotional experience. Overall acceptance use was calculated as the percentage of total trials (24 trials) in which the participant selected acceptance to regulate their negative emotions. Overall acceptance use scores ranged between 0% and 100%, such that higher scores indicated a greater preference for acceptance use. Similarly, acceptance use on low- and high-intensity images was calculated as the percentage of low- and high-intensity images (12 trials each) in which the participant selected acceptance. Acceptance use scores for low- and high-intensity images ranged between 0% and 100% with higher scores reflecting a greater preference for acceptance use. Participants with scores of 0% (