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Abstract: People’s ability to regulate emotions is crucial to healthy emotional functioning. One overlooked aspect in emotion regulation research is that knowledge about the source of emotions can vary across situations and individuals, which could impact one’s ability for emotion regulation. Using Ecological Momentary Assessments (N=396; 7 days; 5,466 observations), we measured adults' degree of knowledge about the source of their negative emotions. We used language processing to show that higher reported knowledge led to more concrete written descriptions of the source. We found that higher knowledge of the source predicted more emotion regulation attempts, increased use of emotion regulation strategies that target the source (cognitive reappraisal, situation modification) versus strategies that do not (distraction, emotional eating), greater perceived success in regulating emotions, and greater well-being. These patterns were evident both within-person, and between-persons. Findings suggest that pinpointing the source of emotions might play an important role in emotion regulation.