进一步检查与担忧有关的积极影响:积极影响表达力和积极影响倾向之间的协同效应
Thomas A Fergus1, Alexandra T Tyra2, Annie T Ginty2
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA thomas_fergus@baylor.edu.
Journal of cognitive psychotherapy
|August 16, 2024
概括
抑制积极情绪表达与增加焦虑有关,特别是当个人经历积极情绪较少时. 这凸显了表达积极情绪的情绪调节作用.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 情感科学是一种情感科学.
背景情况:
- 焦虑症,特别是焦虑,是严重的公共卫生问题.
- 积极影响处理中的功能障碍越来越被认为与焦虑有关.
- 了解情感表达和担忧之间的相互作用对于开发有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查情感表达力和担忧之间的关联.
- 检查正面影响易感性在这种关系中的调节作用.
- 探索与担忧有关的积极情感表达的情感调节功能.
主要方法:
- 两项研究与居住在美国的成年人进行 (N=502和N=250).
- 参与者完成了自我报告,衡量了情绪表达力 (一般和积极),积极情绪易感性和担忧.
- 用适度回归分析来测试假设,控制负面影响的倾向性.
主要成果:
- 在研究2中发现了显著的相互作用效应:积极影响的表达性下降与更大的担忧有关,但只有当个人报告较低的积极影响时.
- 在研究1中,这种相互作用对一般情感表达性没有显著意义.
- 研究结果表明,减少积极情绪表达加剧了低积极情绪背景下的担忧.
结论:
- 积极的情感表达力可能有助于减轻焦虑的情感调节功能.
- 那些倾向于表达积极情绪和低积极情绪的倾向下降的人面临更高的焦虑风险.
- 未来的研究应该进一步探索积极的情感表达力对焦虑和担忧的临床影响.
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