对情绪调节灵活性,负面影响和创伤后应激障碍之间的关系进行实验性调查
Madeleine Lim1, Angela Nickerson1, Philippa Specker1
1School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia.
Cognitive therapy and research
|March 24, 2025
概括
可能患有PTSD的个体从情绪调节 (ER) 灵活性训练中受益. 这种方法有助于最大限度地减少观看痛苦图像时的负面影响,这表明了一种有希望的干预策略.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 情绪调节 (ER) 灵活性是创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的关键机制.
- 之前的研究没有检查ER灵活性训练是否可以减少来自唤起刺激的负面情绪.
- 这项研究探讨了ER灵活性对可能患有PTSD的个体的情绪反应的影响.
研究的目的:
- 研究受指示的ER灵活性对可能患有PTSD的个体的情绪反应的影响.
- 为了确定灵活的ER策略是否可以最大限度地减少由情绪激烈的图像引起的负面影响.
- 为了比较ER灵活性与不灵活和不敏感于环境的ER策略的影响.
主要方法:
- 148名参与者观看了高和低负面强度的图像.
- 参与者被随机分配到一个ER灵活的条件或三个控制条件 (不灵活的重新评估,不灵活的分心,环境不敏感).
- 灵活的ER组根据图像强度切换策略;对照组使用单一策略或环境不敏感的切换. 负面影响在图像后被评分.
主要成果:
- 在ER的灵活条件下,可能患有PTSD的参与者报告了最低的负面影响.
- 在没有可能的PTSD的参与者中,ER条件之间没有发现负面影响的显著差异.
- 指示ER灵活性特别有利于可能患有PTSD的个体.
结论:
- 可能患有PTSD的个体在接受ER灵活性指导后,表现出较少的负面影响.
- 研究结果支持ER灵活性具有适应性.
- 这项研究提供了初步证据,表明受指导的ER灵活性与PTSD中情绪调节的改善之间存在联系.
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