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The current study was conducted to determine if positive emotions serve to undo negative emotion, and to test if this effect varies with individual differences in behavior and temperament. Twenty-two children (11 male, ages 8-11) were presented with two blocks of three film clips. Each began with a low arousal baseline, followed by a sad clip and then either a happy or neutral clip. Contrary to ... read morepredictions, the undoing effect was not seen in any of the measures. However, children rated high on attention showed less recovery from sadness while those rated high on inhibitory control showed greater recovery. Failure to observe the undoing effect in this sample may mean that this strategy of emotion regulation appears later in development.read less
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