情绪调节与心理距离和抽象性的语言测量增加有关
Erik C Nook1, Hayoung E Ahn2, Jessica L Schleider3
1Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA.
Affective science
|March 17, 2025
概括
使用更抽象的语言和心理距离可以改善情绪调节. 将语言转变为更抽象的语言增强了认知重新评估的成功,将抽象的思想与更好的情绪控制联系起来.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 语言中的心理疏远,例如减少"我"的使用,与更好的情绪调节有关.
- 构造层次理论表明,心理距离增加了心理表现的抽象性.
研究的目的:
- 调查心理距离,抽象性和情绪调节成功的语言措施之间的关系.
- 为了确定认知再评估策略和语言距离是否影响语言抽象性.
主要方法:
- 两个实验 (N1=217,N2=464) 分析了参与者在情绪调节任务中的语言语言特征.
- 参与者使用认知再评估或被指示使用远程语言.
主要成果:
- 心理距离和抽象性的语言测量高度相关.
- 认知重新评估和指导语言距离增加了语言的抽象性.
- 在监管过程中,语言的更大抽象性与成功的增加有关.
结论:
- 心理距离和抽象构造是相互关联的.
- 成功的认知重新评估包括向更抽象的心理表现转变.
- 修改语言以更抽象的方式可以促进情绪调节.
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