The objective was to identify the levels of adaptation of emotion regulation
strategies and the probabilities of association between emotional self-regulation
for sadness, joy and anger, and affective states of graduate students. For this, 58
graduate, master and doctoral students from two programs at a Federal
University participated, who filled out a characterization questionnaire and the
Life Satisfaction, Positive Affect and Assessment of Emotional Regulation
Strategies scales. of Adults. Data were analyzed quantitatively, using descriptive
statistics with a measure of central tendency, with the help of SPSS 20 software.
The results show that, despite the difference between the number of participants
per program, students have used satisfactory strategies, since there was no
minimum score on any of the subscales – sadness, anger and fear. When
associated with the study categories, it was found that Life Satisfaction has a
high positive correlation with Joy and positive Affect. In addition, it is clear that
students who had a low feeling of satisfaction with life, do not show animation
and engagement in everyday activities. The absence of adaptive strategies for
negative emotions tends to directly affect the subjects' positive affect and feelings
of well-being. It is suggested the development of new studies, with an enlarged
sample and that accompany the formative process of the students, in order to
understand the influences of the strategies used in the academic performance.
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