Subtopic Deep Dive
Emotional Regulation Training in Coaching
Research Guide
What is Emotional Regulation Training in Coaching?
Emotional Regulation Training in Coaching applies structured techniques like mindfulness, reappraisal, and suppression within coaching to help leaders manage emotions and reduce stress.
This subtopic integrates emotional regulation strategies into coaching frameworks for workplace applications. Studies show coaching interventions improve emotion management in retail workers (Cox and Patrick, 2012, 21 citations) and support stress reduction via digital tools (Ebert et al., 2016, 130 citations). Over 10 papers from 2001-2022 examine coaching paradigms and emotional impacts, with 198 citations for foundational coaching definitions (Ives, 2015).
Why It Matters
Emotional regulation training in coaching reduces burnout and enhances decision-making for leaders under stress, as evidenced by improved performance in retail support workers (Cox and Patrick, 2012). Internet-based stress management via coaching-like guidance lowers work-related symptoms (Ebert et al., 2016). Blended coaching for work-linked couples improves work-life balance through empathy and fidelity (Busch et al., 2022). These applications extend to e-coaching for flexible employee support (Frazee, 2008).
Key Research Challenges
Measuring Intervention Efficacy
Quantifying emotional regulation improvements from coaching lacks standardized metrics across studies. Waitlist control designs show initial efficacy but need longitudinal validation (Green et al., 2005). Stress management interventions affect some symptoms but not others (Ebert et al., 2016).
Identifying Side Effects
Coaching can produce unintended negative effects for clients, requiring qualitative analysis of causes. Coaches and clients perceive side effects differently, complicating risk assessment (Schermuly and Graßmann, 2016). Balancing benefits demands better protocols.
Integrating Goal Perspectives
Aligning emotional regulation with goal-oriented coaching models remains underdeveloped. Integrative models help but lack empirical testing in emotion-focused contexts (Grant, 2017). Temporal coaching maps highlight adaptation needs without regulation specifics (Theeboom et al., 2017).
Essential Papers
What is ‘Coaching’? An Exploration of Conflicting Paradigms
Yossi Ives · 2015 · International journal of evidence based coaching and mentoring · 198 citations
This paper sets out the argument that quite fundamental issues, both theoretical and practical, divide the various approaches to coaching. It does not suggest that any one approach is better or rig...
Internet- and mobile-based stress management for employees with adherence-focused guidance: efficacy and mechanism of change
David Daniel Ebert, Dirk Lehr, Elena Heber et al. · 2016 · Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health · 130 citations
The iSMI investigated in this study was found to be effective in reducing typical symptoms of stress. However, several important work-related health symptoms were not significantly affected by the ...
A Temporal Map of Coaching
Tim Theeboom, A.E.M. van Vianen, Bianca Beersma · 2017 · Frontiers in Psychology · 28 citations
Economic pressures on companies, technological developments, and less stable career paths pose potential threats to the well-being of employees (e.g., stress, burn-out) and require constant adaptat...
An evaluation of a life-coaching group program: Initial findings from a waitlist control study
Suzy Green, Lindsay G. Oades, Anthony M. Grant · 2005 · Research Online (University of Wollongong) · 27 citations
Life coaching has grown substantially in the last few years and received considerable media coverage worldwide (Rock, 2001). However, there have been few empirical investigations into its efficacy ...
E-Coaching in Organizations: A Study of Features, Practices, and Determinants of Use
Rebecca V. Frazee, Rebecca Vaughan Frazee · 2008 · 21 citations
Employee development in organizations is moving away from classroom instruction to more individualized, flexible forms of just-in-time learning and support, such as e-coaching. E-coaching, conducte...
Managing Emotions at Work: How Coaching Affects Retail Support Workers’ Performance and Motivation
Elaine Cox, Claire Patrick · 2012 · International journal of evidence based coaching and mentoring · 21 citations
Working with people invariably involves managing emotions. This qualitative study examines a coaching intervention designed to help a group of retail support workers in one mobile communications or...
Blended Health Coaching for Work-linked Couples: Coaches’ Intervention Fidelity and Empathy Matter!
Christine Busch, Romana Dreyer, Monique Janneck · 2022 · Coaching | Theorie & Praxis · 14 citations
Abstract Small business owners often work together with their spouses in their business. They blur work-life boundaries and find it difficult to psychologically detach from work, which both jeopard...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Green et al. (2005, 27 citations) for empirical life-coaching efficacy; Cox and Patrick (2012, 21 citations) for emotion management in coaching; Brehm (2001, 11 citations) for workplace emotions base.
Recent Advances
Study Theeboom et al. (2017, 28 citations) for temporal coaching maps; Busch et al. (2022, 14 citations) for blended health coaching; Grant (2017, 10 citations) for goal integration.
Core Methods
Core techniques involve qualitative interventions (Cox and Patrick, 2012), guided self-help (Ebert et al., 2016), and integrative goal models (Grant, 2017).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Emotional Regulation Training in Coaching
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and citationGraph to map coaching paradigms from Ives (2015, 198 citations), then findSimilarPapers uncovers emotion management extensions like Cox and Patrick (2012). exaSearch reveals low-cited works on side effects (Schermuly and Graßmann, 2016).
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract regulation techniques from Cox and Patrick (2012), verifies claims with CoVe against Ebert et al. (2016), and runs PythonAnalysis for meta-stats on citation impacts using pandas. GRADE grading scores evidence strength for stress reduction interventions.
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Synthesis Agent detects gaps in side effect research post-Schermuly and Graßmann (2016), flags contradictions between paradigms (Ives, 2015), and uses latexEditText with latexSyncCitations for coaching reviews. Writing Agent enables latexCompile for figures and exportMermaid for temporal coaching maps (Theeboom et al., 2017).
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Research Agent → searchPapers → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas meta-analysis on symptoms) → GRADE grading → CSV export of effect sizes.
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Research Agent → citationGraph → Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexEditText → latexSyncCitations → latexCompile → PDF output.
"Find GitHub repos with code for coaching efficacy simulations linked to Grant papers."
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls (Green et al. 2005) → Code Discovery → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → Python sandbox verification.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic reviews of 50+ coaching papers, chaining searchPapers → citationGraph → DeepScan for 7-step analysis of regulation efficacy (Ebert et al., 2016). Theorizer generates theory on emotion-goal integration from Grant (2017) and Ives (2015), using CoVe checkpoints. DeepScan verifies side effect claims (Schermuly and Graßmann, 2016) with methodology critiques.
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Emotional Regulation Training in Coaching?
It applies mindfulness, reappraisal, and suppression techniques within coaching to manage leader emotions and stress (Cox and Patrick, 2012).
What methods are used in this subtopic?
Methods include qualitative coaching interventions for retail workers (Cox and Patrick, 2012), internet-guided stress management (Ebert et al., 2016), and blended empathy-focused coaching (Busch et al., 2022).
What are key papers?
Ives (2015, 198 citations) defines paradigms; Cox and Patrick (2012, 21 citations) shows emotion management gains; Green et al. (2005, 27 citations) provides waitlist control evidence.
What open problems exist?
Challenges include side effect analysis (Schermuly and Graßmann, 2016), longitudinal efficacy metrics, and goal-emotion model integration (Grant, 2017).
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