メタ認知能力は感情抑制の低減と関連している
1School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. kit.double@sydney.edu.au.
Scientific reports
|January 28, 2026
まとめ
自分の思考を監視する能力であるメタ認知は、感情調節と関連している。メタ認知能力が高いほど感情抑制は少なくなるが、再評価戦略とは関連がない。
科学分野:
- 心理学
- 認知科学
- 神経科学
背景:
- 感情調節とメタ認知は、心理的機能に影響を与える重要な自己調節能力である。
- 理論的な関連は存在するものの、感情調節戦略とメタ認知能力との経験的な関係は十分に理解されていない。
- 自己モニタリングは、感情調節のコアコンポーネントとして提案されている。
研究 の 目的:
- 特定の感情調節戦略(再評価、抑制)とメタ認知能力との関連を調査すること。
- 感情調節の文脈におけるメタ認知の役割を探求すること。
主な方法:
- 200人の参加者による事前登録された研究。
- 自己申告による感情調節戦略(再評価、抑制)を評価した。
- 感情知能と反芻を制御した、信頼度評価を伴う視覚識別タスクを使用してメタ認知能力を測定した。
主要な成果:
- メタ認知能力が高いほど、感情抑制の使用が少ないことが示された。
- メタ認知能力と再評価との間には有意な関係は見られなかった。
- メタ認知能力は、1つの感情調節戦略と特異的な関連を示した。
結論:
- メタ認知的プロセスは、個人が感情抑制を使用する方法において役割を果たしているように思われる。
- 調査結果は、メタ認知が特定の感情調節戦略、特に抑制に影響を与えることを示唆している。
- メタ認知と感情調節との間の相互作用を完全に解明するためには、さらなる研究が必要である。
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