Positive Cognitive Reappraisal in Stress Resilience, Mental Health, and Well-Being: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

Stress-related psychopathology is on the rise, and there a pressing need for improved prevention strategies. Positive appraisal style, tendency to appraise potentially threatening situations in positive way, has been proposed act as key resilience mechanism therefore offers potential target preventive approaches. In this article, we review n = 99 studies investigating associations of cognitive reappraisal, an important sub-facet with outcome-based relevant other outcomes, which are considered resilience-related. According reviewed, reappraisal moderates relation between stressors negative outcomes positively related several resilience-related outcomes. It also mediates factors resilience, suggesting it proximal factor.