Research Bio
Iris Mauss is a professor in the Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on emotions and emotion regulation, with an emphasis on their links to psychological and physical health. In her research, she uses measures of emotion experience, behavior, and physiological responding, and combine laboratory, daily-diary, and longitudinal survey approaches.
Prof. Mauss will accept a graduate student in 2024.
Research Expertise and Interest
social psychology, personality psychology, affective science, psychophysiology, individual differences, emotion, emotion regulation, health psychology, happiness, well-being, psychological health
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Anxious About the Election? UC Berkeley Psychologists Explain How To Cope
Feeling bad about feeling bad can make you feel worse
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People experience anxiety in situations where the stakes are high, the outcome is uncertain or they don’t feel like they have much control. The presidential election, said psychology Professor Iris Mauss, “is a picture-book case for all three of those factors.”