Abstract
This study explored how design students employ meta cognition to regulate emotions during collaborative design and examined the influence of different teamwork styles. Nine graduate students participated in a ten-week project developing an educational board game, with data collected through design journals and analysed using content analysis. The results showed: (1) clear goals and effective regulatory strategies enhanced perceived control and fostered positive emotions, whereas task ambiguity often triggered anxiety; (2) teamwork styles shaped emotional trajectories: additive teams achieved stability through intensive interaction, conjunctive teams showed individualized regulation due to limited support, and disjunctive teams reflected the leader’s emotional strain alongside members’ positive states. This study extends theoretical links between meta cognition and emotion regulation in design contexts and underscores the pivotal role of team dynamics in shaping emotional experience.
Keywords
Design process; Metacognition; Emotional regulation; Collaborative team
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2025.641
Citation
Huang, H.,and Chen, H.(2025) Exploring the Metacognitive Regulation of Emotions During the Design Process, in Chang, C.-Y., and Hsu, Y. (eds.), IASDR 2025: Design Next, 02-05 December, Taiwan. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2025.641
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Conference Track
Track 5 - Design Thinking
Exploring the Metacognitive Regulation of Emotions During the Design Process
This study explored how design students employ meta cognition to regulate emotions during collaborative design and examined the influence of different teamwork styles. Nine graduate students participated in a ten-week project developing an educational board game, with data collected through design journals and analysed using content analysis. The results showed: (1) clear goals and effective regulatory strategies enhanced perceived control and fostered positive emotions, whereas task ambiguity often triggered anxiety; (2) teamwork styles shaped emotional trajectories: additive teams achieved stability through intensive interaction, conjunctive teams showed individualized regulation due to limited support, and disjunctive teams reflected the leader’s emotional strain alongside members’ positive states. This study extends theoretical links between meta cognition and emotion regulation in design contexts and underscores the pivotal role of team dynamics in shaping emotional experience.