Objective: The choice of emotion regulation (ER) strategies depends on contextual characteristics, and the flexible choice of ER strategies based on context is essential for psychological health, including depression. Focusing on reappraisal, this study examined how perceived reappraisal affordances (the inherent potential of a situation for semantic reappraisal)—a reappraisal-related situational factor—are linked to the success of reappraisal use via reappraisal choice and investigated the role of depression in this mediation. Methods: Eighty participants (40 individuals with major depressive disorder [MDD] and 40 non-depressed controls) read eight vignettes describing negative-emotion-evoking situations and reported reappraisal affordance, the likelihood of choosing reappraisal, and negative emotional responses for each vignette. Then, they were asked to implement reappraisal for each situation, followed by reporting their negative emotional responses again. Results: Reappraisal affordance predicted greater reductions in negative emotions following reappraisal use (i.e., greater success) via an increased choice of the strategy. Group moderated the affordance-choice relationship, with a significant positive relationship observed only in the MDD group, while the relationship was not significant in the controls. Conclusion These results support the idea that considering contextual factors is crucial in understanding ER; however, adjusting ER choice based on situational factors may not always reflect flexible ER, as indicated by the significant affordance-choice link only in the MDD group.

BACKGROUND: Hepatobiliary and vascular structure anatomy must be understood to ensure donor safety during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The purpose of this study was to determine the role of pretransplant magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) for understanding the anatomy. METHODS: Eighteen LDLT were analyzed retrospectively through medical records and radiological images. Pretransplant MRC and intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) were reviewed to evaluate the accuracy of pretransplant MRC. RESULTS: The MRC results of 13 donors were acceptable for a living donor operation. However, 5 donor MRC results required further evaluation to identify the biliary anatomy by IOC. In 2 cases, the use of an intravenous low-dose morphine injection helped to obtain a more qualified MRC image. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the small study size, the results showed that MRC can help provide information on donor biliary anatomy to ensure a safe donor operation.
Cholangiography ; Dietary Sucrose ; Humans ; Liver ; Liver Transplantation ; Living Donors ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Magnetics ; Magnets ; Medical Records ; Morphine ; Retrospective Studies ; Tissue Donors