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For the research proposal, we were assigned to form written Research proposals based on a niche that a study seemed not to have uncovered, mine being related to love. However, we were first assigned to follow the Research Proposal Preparation, which included cultivating the source as well as three moves.

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The topic I have chosen from the CCNY Library database is the study “Regulation of Romantic Love Feelings: Preconceptions, Strategies, and Feasibility” conducted by Sandra J. E. Langeslag and Jan W. van Strien. This study explores how people use different mental strategies to manage or reduce strong feelings of love. The research question would be: what works better when you’re still in love? Would changing your thoughts about the person work? Or would distracting yourself work better? The first move of this study would be how love seems everywhere, and it is truly a powerful and psychological topic that should be studied. The second move is how, although emotion regulation seems well-researched, explicit love regulation is never tested. On the third move, they are the first to test if people can intentionally change their feelings using reappraisal. In the method section of the study, Sandra J. E. Langeslag and Jan W. van Strien had people answer questions about love and how they may try to control it and also had people look at photos of ex-partners and were told to think in ways to either feel more or less in love and their brain activity was recorded with EGG to see if it worked. A gap/niche I want to focus on would be to do a long-term study in which we would use love regulation strategies to see if it helps people get over a breakup or may even improve a relationship. The time length could be a week or maybe even months.

Reference Page

Langeslag, S. J. E., & van Strien, J. W. (2016). Regulation of Romantic Love Feelings: Preconceptions, Strategies, and Feasibility. PLoS ONE, 11(8), e0161087. http://dx.doi.org.ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0161087