The phrase "avoidance of emotions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing psychological behavior, emotional intelligence, or coping mechanisms.
Example: "His avoidance of emotions often led to misunderstandings in his relationships."
Alternatives: "emotional detachment" or "suppression of feelings".
Additionally, no studies have examined the extent to which attentional control moderates the relation between the avoidance of emotions and anxiety.
The identification of latent criminals is partially based around the avoidance of emotions that society judges to be negative, such as sadness or anger.
Mothers in the present study reported avoidance of emotions, thoughts, breastfeeding and of seeking help.
In describing her avoidance of emotions, participant 1 drew on her intense desire for a happy family life: I didn't want to admit that I had something wrong because I didn't want things to go wrong … I thought it's like a perfect kind of thing, a perfect family, like everything could be OK, maybe next week I'll feel a bit better, but it didn't feel any better the next week.
In fact, all of these behaviors are forms of avoidance (of emotion) and ways in which the client is seeking to reduce the threat expectancy or the uncertainty arousal.
It is hypothesized that the motivation that drives women to gamble is related to the avoidance of negative emotions and as a way to help them to cope with high levels of stress.
It could be speculated that avoidance of negative emotion could be a relevant factor as regards treatment resistance.
We tested decision making (forward counterfactual) and affective responses (backward counterfactual) in 20 OCD patients and 20 matched healthy control subjects using an economic choice paradigm that previously revealed attenuation of both the experience and avoidance of counterfactual emotion in schizophrenia patients and patients with orbitofrontal cortex lesions.
What was remarkable in Swinton's performance was her avoidance of climaxes of emotion.
This negative relationship denotes an attentional avoidance of positive facial emotions in individuals with a more severe emotional maltreatment history.
Maladjustment to chronic illness has been traditionally associated with avoidance and defensive inhibition of emotions [ 3].
