Brett feels quite annoyed whenever she is around her mother-in-law. After years of simply putting up with her mother-in-law's constant criticisms, Brett now regularly screens her phone calls and simply declines invitations from her. Which emotion regulation strategy is Brett adopting?

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Brett is practicing situation selection by actively choosing to avoid interactions with her mother-in-law, thereby managing her emotional response to those interactions. Situation selection involves making choices about which situations to enter or avoid based on their emotional impact.

Brett Feels Quite Annoyed Whenever She Is Around Her Mother-In-Law