亚历克西西米亚和情绪调节:情绪强度的作用
Ashish Mehta1, Ella Moeck2,3, David A Preece1,4,5
1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
Affective science
|March 17, 2025
概括
较高的alexithymia与更大的负面情绪强度有关,这驱使人们脱离情绪. 这就解释了为什么alexithymia (难以识别/描述情绪) 预测情绪调节较差和负面结果.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 情绪调节 情绪调节
背景情况:
- 亚历克西西米亚与不适应的情绪调节有关,特别是从负面情绪中脱离.
- 将alexithymia与这种情绪调节配置文件联系在一起的潜在机制仍然不清楚.
- 较大的负面情绪强度是一个潜在的调解者,因为它可以预测脱离策略.
研究的目的:
- 研究负面情绪强度在alexithymia和情绪调节策略之间的关系中的调解作用.
- 测试alexithymia是否预测了更大的负面情绪强度和更多地使用脱离策略.
- 检查alexithymia (难以识别/描述情绪,外向思维) 与情绪强度和调节有关的特定方面.
主要方法:
- 进行了两项密集的纵向研究,共有273名参与者.
- 研究1使用日常日记设计,重点关注负面事件.
- 第二项研究采用了密集的体验采样设计 (每天9次调查7天),以捕捉实时的情绪体验和调节.
主要成果:
- 在这两项研究中,负面情绪强度显著调解了总性alexithymia和增加脱节情绪调节之间的联系.
- 难以识别和描述情绪,alexithymia的方面,与更高的负面情绪强度和脱离有关.
- 总的alexithymia与参与情绪调节无关,而面向外部的思维预测在研究2中重新评估较少.
结论:
- 负面的情绪强度是一个关键的机制,解释了alexithymia如何导致脱离情绪.
- 在这个过程中,alexithymia的特定方面,特别是情绪识别和描述的困难,是至关重要的.
- 研究结果强调了情绪强度对于理解与alexithymia相关的情绪调节缺陷的重要性.
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