在高风险和低风险的关系讨论中,表达性抑制的使用和后果
Laura Sels1, Nickola C Overall2, Tom Loeys1
1Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
|February 18, 2025
概括
在高风险环境中,隐藏情绪 (表达性抑制) 在人际关系中更加强烈. 这种行为始终降低了感知到的响应能力和亲密性,这表明它可能会损害关系,无论背景如何.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 关系科学科学 关系科学
- 情绪调节 情绪调节
背景情况:
- 表达式抑制是一种常见的情绪调节策略,涉及到隐藏情绪.
- 虽然频繁,但表达性抑制可以通过减少被认为的伴侣反应和亲密度来对关系质量产生负面影响.
- 了解影响表达式抑制使用和关系成本的上下文因素至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查表达性抑制强度及其负面关系结果是否在高风险和低风险的关系相互作用环境之间有所不同.
- 检查表达性抑制与不同关系风险环境中的感知响应和亲密之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 两项涉及比利时夫妇的研究 (研究1中的N=101,研究2中的N=130) 于2016-2017年至2022年期间进行.
- 伴侣们在讨论伴侣的烦人的 (高风险) 和有价值的 (低风险) 特性.
- 参与者报告了他们的表达性抑制水平,感知到伴侣的反应能力,以及对每个讨论类型的亲密感. 第二项研究区分了消极和积极情绪的抑制.
主要成果:
- 在这两项研究中,与低风险环境相比,参与者在高风险环境中报告了明显更强烈的表达性抑制.
- 演员的表达性抑制一直与感知到的响应能力和亲密度降低有关,伴侣的抑制也显示出负面关联.
- 表达性抑制和负面关系结果之间的关联在高风险与低风险环境中并没有持续恶化,因情绪特异性和结果衡量而有所不同.
结论:
- 表达式抑制在被认为有更高拒绝风险的关系背景中更为普遍.
- 这些发现表明,表达性抑制可能会损害关系质量,可能不管互动背景的感知风险.
- 未来的研究应该考虑被抑制的特定情绪和在检查表达式抑制时感兴趣的关系结果.
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