青春期情感控制:年龄和抑郁症状对工作记忆的影响
Kirsty Griffiths1, Darren L Dunning1, Jenna Parker1
1Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|August 29, 2024
概括
青少年工作记忆 (WM) 能力在应对情绪分心时强大,在负面图像时仅略有下降. 抑郁症状对11-18岁青少年的情感控制没有影响.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 发育神经科学的发展神经科学.
- 情感科学是一种情感科学.
背景情况:
- 在认知控制方面存在个体差异,特别是在情绪充满的情况下.
- 情绪控制在青春期发展,但其在风险青年中的功能尚不清楚.
- 缺乏情绪控制与成年人的心理健康问题有关.
研究的目的:
- 在大量青少年样本中调查情绪控制.
- 检查青少年的情绪刺激如何影响工作记忆能力.
- 探索抑郁症状在青少年情绪控制中的作用.
主要方法:
- 一个大样本 (n=425) 的青少年 (11-18岁) 完成了一个工作记忆任务.
- 任务涉及同时视觉空间搜索和书面存储,中性和负面的社会图像作为分心.
- 通过比较各种情感条件的表现来评估情感控制.
主要成果:
- 在这两种情感条件下,工作记忆能力随着年龄的增长而增加.
- 与中性图像相比,负面情绪图像的工作记忆容量略低一些.
- 抑郁症状和年龄并没有影响与负面刺激相关的绩效成本.
结论:
- 青少年工作记忆能力对社会情感背景和情绪相对强大.
- 情绪控制机制在整个青春期似乎是稳定的,无论抑郁症状如何.
- 这些发现有助于理解青少年的认知控制发展和心理健康脆弱性.
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