在以社区为基础的寻求治疗的样本中澄清情绪调节,情绪回避和焦虑症状的关系
Rachel C Bock1, Lucas D Baker2, Emily A Kalantar1
1Department of Psychology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA.
Psychology and psychotherapy
|February 27, 2024
概括
情绪回避 (EA) 是焦虑症状严重程度的主要驱动因素,而情绪调节 (ER) 可能起到代理作用. 针对EA可以提高焦虑治疗的特异性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 焦虑症 焦虑症 焦虑症
背景情况:
- 焦虑是一种全球性的健康问题,许多人没有从目前的心理社会干预中充分受益.
- 情绪调节 (ER) 与焦虑有关,但可能是情绪回避 (EA) 的代理.
- 澄清ER和EA的角色对于提高焦虑治疗的特异性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查ER和EA对焦虑症状严重性的相对影响.
- 为了研究这些关系,同时控制焦虑敏感性和抗焦虑药物的使用.
主要方法:
- 使用了四步层次线性回归分析.
- 分析了120名寻求治疗的焦虑症患者的横截面数据.
- 数据是通过诊所接收的问卷包收集的.
主要成果:
- 情绪规避 (EA) 和情绪调节 (ER) 具有高度的相关性.
- EA显著预测了焦虑症状严重程度 (p=.006).
- 在计算EA后,ER不是一个显著的预测因素 (p=.073),这表明它可能是一个代理变量.
结论:
- 情绪回避 (EA) 被确定为焦虑症状严重性的主要风险因素.
- 情绪调节 (ER) 似乎是代理风险因素.
- 在增加心理社会治疗焦虑症的特异性方面,EA是一个有希望的目标.
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