A strategy involving distracting oneself from feelings, thoughts, or a situation
The following variables relate to Distraction:
| Selection | Variable | Info | Assessment type | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | Since the last beep, have you distracted yourself from your grades and the associated emotions? | ESM | Exam results study | |
| DIST | Since the last beep, to what degree were you distracting yourself from you emotions? | ESM | Leuven clinical study | |
| DIST | Since the last beep, to what extent did you avoid thinking about your emotions? | ESM | Leuven emotion dynamics 2017 | |
| DIST | Since the previous beep, I have engaged in activities to distract myself from my feelings | ESM | Everyday emotion regulation | |
| DIST1 | Since the last beep, how much have you diverted your attention from your feelings? | ESM | Leuven emotions in daily life 2012 | |
| DIST2 | Checkbox - distracted yourself | ESM | Leuven emotions in daily life 2012 | |
| COPE_16 | I daydream about things other than this | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| COPE_2 | I turn to work or other substitute activities to take my mind off things | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| COPE_31 | I sleep more than usual | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| COPE_43 | I go to movies or watch TV to think about it less | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_1 | Try to find something positive in the situation or something you learned | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_10 | Do something fun with a friend | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_2 | Think "I'm going to do something to make myself feel better" | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_3 | Help someone else with something in order to distract yourself | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_4 | Remind yourself these feelings won't last | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_5 | Go to a favourite place to get your mind off your feelings | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_6 | Think "I'll concentrate on something other than how I feel" | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_7 | Do something that has made you feel better in the past | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_8 | Think "I'm going to go out and have some fun" | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DRS_9 | Do something you enjoy | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| RESS_13 | Doing something else to distract myself | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| RESS_22 | Engaging in something else to keep busy | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| RESS_29 | Engaging in activities to distract myself | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| RESS_9 | Immediately working on something to keep myself busy | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| RESS_EMA_10 | I engaged in activities to distract myself. | ESM | RESS-EMA study | |
| RESS_EMA_9 | I engaged in something else to keep busy. | ESM | RESS-EMA study | |
| WAYS_TR2 | Trying to make myself feel better by eating, drinking, smoking, using drugs or medication, etc | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| WAYS_TR3 | Jogging or exercising | Baseline | RESS-EMA study | |
| DIST | I distracted myself from the event or my emotions | ESM | Negative events diary | |
| DIST | I distract myself from the event or my emotions | Baseline | Negative events diary | |
| DIST | I distract myself from my emotions | Baseline | Secrecy diary | |
| DIST | I distracted myself from my emotions | ESM | Secrecy diary | |
| DIST | In response to your feelings, have you DISTRACTED YOURSELF since last survey? | ESM | ACU emotions in daily life | |
| DIST | Were you able to distract from your feelings since the last beep? | ESM | 50 beeps per day | |
| COPE_1 | I turn to work or other activities to take my mind off things. | Baseline | Trier social stress study | |
| COPE_11 | I use alcohol or other drugs to help me get through it. | Baseline | Trier social stress study | |
| COPE_18 | I make jokes about it. | Baseline | Trier social stress study | |
| COPE_19 | I do something to think about it less, like going to movies, watching TV, reading, daydreaming, sleeping, or shopping. | Baseline | Trier social stress study | |
| COPE_4 | I use alcohol or other drugs to make myself feel better. | Baseline | Trier social stress study | |
| CERQ_SF_11 | I think of something nice instead of what has happened | Baseline | FEEL Study 1 | |
| CERQ_SF_11 | I think of something nice instead of what has happened | Follow_up | FEEL Study 1 | |
| CERQ_SF_7 | I think of pleasant things that have nothing to do with it | Baseline | FEEL Study 1 | |
| CERQ_SF_7 | I think of pleasant things that have nothing to do with it | Follow_up | FEEL Study 1 | |
| DIST | Since the last survey, I did something to distract myself (physically or mentally). | ESM | FEEL Study 1 | |
| DIST | During the past few weeks, I managed my emotions by doing something to distract myself (physically or mentally). | Follow_up | FEEL Study 1 | |
| DIST | Since the last beep, have you distracted yourself from your feelings? | ESM | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_10 | I remind myself that this feeling won't last forever | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_10 | I remind myself that this feeling won't last forever | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_10 | I remind myself that this feeling won't last forever | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_15 | I go to one of my favourite places to think about my feelings | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_15 | I go to one of my favourite places to think about my feelings | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_15 | I go to one of my favourite places to think about my feelings | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_18 | I think I will concentrate on something other than my feelings | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_18 | I think I will concentrate on something other than my feelings | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_18 | I think I will concentrate on something other than my feelings | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_20 | I do something that has helped in the past to make me feel better | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_20 | I do something that has helped in the past to make me feel better | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_20 | I do something that has helped in the past to make me feel better | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_22 | I think: go outside and have some fun | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_22 | I think: go outside and have some fun | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_22 | I think: go outside and have some fun | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_25 | I focus on my work | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_25 | I focus on my work | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_25 | I focus on my work | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_29 | I do something I enjoy | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_29 | I do something I enjoy | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_29 | I do something I enjoy | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_31 | I do something fun with a friend | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_31 | I do something fun with a friend | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_31 | I do something fun with a friend | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_6 | I try to look at the situation in a positive way | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_6 | I try to look atthe situation in a positive way | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_6 | I try to look atthe situation in a positive way | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_7 | I think: I'm going to do something to make me feel better | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_7 | I think: I'm going to do something to make me feel better | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_7 | I think: I'm going to do something to make me feel better | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_8 | I help someone else to take my mind off things | Baseline | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_8 | I help someone else to take my mind off things | Follow_up | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| RSQ_8 | I help someone else to take my mind off things | Follow_up2 | Leuven 3-wave longitudinal study | |
| DIST | Did you distract yourself from your feelings since the previous beep? | ESM | Leuven emotions in daily life 2011 | |
| DIST | During the event, how much did you distract yourself from the event or your emotions? | ESM | Emotional events in daily life | |
| DIST | I distract myself from the situation or my irritation | Baseline | Motivated emotion regulation diary | |
| DIST | I distracted myself from the situation or my irritation | Follow_up | Motivated emotion regulation diary | |
| DIST | I distracted myself from the situation or my irritation | ESM | Motivated emotion regulation diary | |
| DIST | In the last hour, I engaged in activities to distract myself. | ESM | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| EIER_STRAT_4 | I diverted their attention to something else | ESM | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| IEMS_10 | When I think a situation will cause an undesirable emotion in others, I distract them from focusing on the negative aspects of that situation | Baseline | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| IEMS_6 | When a situation is disturbing others, I focus their attention away from the troubling aspect of the problem | Baseline | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| IEMS_7 | I refocus the conversation towards aspects of the situation that others should find more appealing | Baseline | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| IEMS_8 | I distract others’ attention from the aspect of the problem causing their undesired emotions. | Baseline | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| IEMS_9 | When a situation is unpleasant to others, I refocus them by discussing positive issues. | Baseline | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| IIER_STRAT_4 | They diverted my attention to something else | ESM | Naturalistic Affect at the Interpersonal Level (NAIL) daily diary | |
| DIST | In the last hour, have you distracted yourself from your feelings (or their cause)? | ESM | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| RESS_12 | Doing something else to distract myself | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| RESS_19 | Engaging in something else to keep busy | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| RESS_23 | Engaging in activities to distract myself | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| RESS_9 | Immediately working on something to keep myself busy | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| CONTEXT_URGENT | In the last hour, how much have you had to deal with urgent or important issues unrelated to the secret? | ESM | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_13 | To feel less anxious in stressful situations, I divert my attention away from the situation. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_22 | To reduce how bad I feel during unpleasant conversations, I focus on anything the person says that is not unpleasant. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_27 | I distract myself during unpleasant situations to feel less bad. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_29 | To feel less upset during upsetting situations, I divert my attention away from what is happening. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_31 | To reduce how anxious I feel during stressful conversations, I focus on things the person says that are not negative. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_33 | To reduce how bad I feel during unpleasant situations, I do something to distract myself. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| PMERQ_35 | During stressful conversations, I distract myself to feel less anxious. | Baseline | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| SECRET_CONC | In the last hour, I focused on something positive to stop thinking about the secret. | ESM | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| SECRET_DIST | In the last hour, I distracted myself from feelings about the secret. | ESM | Well-being Affected by Secrecy Processes (WASP) | |
| EER_STRAT_DIST | I diverted their attention to something else | ESM | Social Processes Under Daily Situations (SPUDS) | |
| IER_STRAT_DIST | They diverted my attention to something else | ESM | Social Processes Under Daily Situations (SPUDS) | |
| RESS_DIST | I engaged in activities to distract myself | ESM | Social Processes Under Daily Situations (SPUDS) | |
| RESS_11 | I engage in something else to keep busy | Baseline | Social Connection Daily Diary Study (2020) | |
| RESS_11 | I engage in something else to keep busy | Follow_up | Social Connection Daily Diary Study (2020) | |
| RESS_12 | I engage in activities to distract myself | Baseline | Social Connection Daily Diary Study (2020) | |
| RESS_12 | I engage in activities to distract myself | Follow_up | Social Connection Daily Diary Study (2020) | |
| SOCINT_DIST_1 | I engaged in something else to keep busy | ESM | Social Connection Daily Diary Study (2020) | |
| SOCINT_DIST_2 | I engaged in activities to distract myself | ESM | Social Connection Daily Diary Study (2020) | |
| RESSEMA_10 | I engage in activities to distract myself | Baseline | Secrecy, Concealment, Affect and Mind-Wandering (SCAM) in Daily Life | |
| RESSEMA_9 | I engage in something else to keep busy | Baseline | Secrecy, Concealment, Affect and Mind-Wandering (SCAM) in Daily Life | |
| SECRET_DIST1 | I distracted myself from my emotions about the secret | ESM | Secrecy, Concealment, Affect and Mind-Wandering (SCAM) in Daily Life | |
| SECRET_DIST2 | I engaged in activities to distract myself from thinking about the secret | ESM | Secrecy, Concealment, Affect and Mind-Wandering (SCAM) in Daily Life | |
| DIST | Distracted myself from my emotions | ESM | Emotion Regulation Effort (2020) | |
| DIST_EV | Today, I engaged in activities to distract myself from my feelings about this event | ESM | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| FLOW_EV | Today, I was completely absorbed in activities that distracted me from this event. | ESM | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| DIST | I distracted myself from the situation | Baseline | Secrecy ESM 2020 | |
| SECRET_DIST | Since the last survey, I distracted myself from my emotions. | ESM | Secrecy ESM 2020 |