Brody C L, Haaga D A, Kirk L, Solomon A
Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC 20016-8062, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1999 Jul;187(7):400-5. doi: 10.1097/00005053-199907000-00002.
Previous research has linked anger suppression with depression. This study extended prior research by comparing people who had recovered from a major depression (RD) with those who had never been depressed (ND). The RD group significantly exceeded the ND group in the degree to which they reported holding anger in and being afraid to express it. Also, RD participants were more likely to endorse attitudes consistent with silencing the self theory, believing they must hide their feelings to preserve relationships. They were also more likely to have experienced an anger attack. Both silencing the self and a history of anger attacks were significantly correlated with fear of anger expression; future longitudinal or experimental studies are needed to determine whether these variables play a causal role in anger inhibition and in recurrence of depression.
先前的研究已将压抑愤怒与抑郁症联系起来。本研究通过比较从重度抑郁症中康复的人（RD）和从未患过抑郁症的人（ND），扩展了先前的研究。在报告压抑愤怒和害怕表达愤怒的程度上，RD组显著超过ND组。此外，RD参与者更有可能认同与自我沉默理论一致的态度，即认为他们必须隐藏自己的感受以维护人际关系。他们也更有可能经历过愤怒发作。自我沉默和愤怒发作史都与害怕表达愤怒显著相关；需要未来的纵向或实验研究来确定这些变量是否在愤怒抑制和抑郁症复发中起因果作用。
