@article{ref1,
title="From sad to happy to happier: emotion regulation strategies used during a vacation",
journal="Annals of tourism research",
year="2018",
author="Gao, Jie and Kerstetter, Deborah L.",
volume="69",
number="",
pages="1-14",
abstract="Emotion regulation is a psychological intervention tourists use to maximize the positive outcomes of their travel experiences. Tourists either down-regulate negative emotions (e.g., from sad to happy) or up-regulate positive emotions (e.g., from happy to happier). The construct of emotion regulation was used as a guiding framework to uncover which emotion regulation strategies tourists used during their vacations. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Study findings revealed tourists used three phases of emotion regulation strategies--interpersonal, situational, and intrapersonal--during their vacations. These findings not only contribute to tourism research by documenting the transient, dynamic and variable nature of emotions, but also provide a glimpse into how tourism and hospitality professionals should modify programs/experiences in response to tourists' emotions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-7383",
doi="10.1016/j.annals.2017.12.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.12.004"
}