人际情感调节的动态:分享者如何引起所需的 (但不一定是有益的) 支持
Lisanne S Pauw1, Disa A Sauter1, Gerben A Van Kleef1
1Department of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|June 17, 2024
概括
通过社交分享寻求情绪恢复的人通常会获得暂时的缓解,而不是持久的情绪调节. 了解支持欲望是改善人际情感调节结果的关键.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 情绪调节 情绪调节
背景情况:
- 个人通常会转向社交分享,以在痛苦期间进行情绪调节.
- 尽管有所感知的好处,但社交分享往往无法实现持久的情感恢复.
- 这可能源于专注于情感支持,只提供暂时的缓解.
研究的目的:
- 调查个人寻求的支持类型如何影响听众提供的支持.
- 检查情绪强度与对情绪与认知支持的渴望之间的关系.
- 为了确定听众的同情准确性是否会影响他们提供所需支持的能力.
主要方法:
- 208名参与者在8分钟的互动中被随机分配为分享者或倾听者.
- 参与者在20秒的段落中审查了他们互动的视频录制.
- 分享者报告了情绪强度和支持欲望;听众报告了感知到的情绪强度和支持提供.
主要成果:
- 对特定支持类型的渴望准确地预测了所提供的支持.
- 更高的情绪强度与对情绪和认知支持的渴望增加有关.
- 倾听者的同情准确度预测了满足情感支持的愿望,但不是认知支持.
结论:
- 个人通过获得所需的支持来部分控制社交分享对情绪调节的有效性.
- 对立即情感支持的渴望解释了为什么社交分享被认为是有益的,尽管长期恢复有限.
- 研究结果突出了表达情绪,寻求支持和倾听者的反应在人际情感调节中的微妙相互作用.
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