Compton Rebecca J, Fisher Lauren R, Koenig Lauren M, McKeown Rebecca, Muñoz Karen
Department of Psychology, Haverford College, Pennsylvania 19041, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2003 May;84(5):1069-78. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.5.1069.
This study examined the relationship between coping styles and hemispheric asymmetry, on the basis of prior evidence of reduced posterior right hemisphere (RH) activity in depression, and the relationship between ruminative coping and depression. Two samples of undergraduates (N = 170) completed chimeric faces tasks and 2 measures of coping styles, the self-report Responses Styles Questionnaire and a behavioral choice task. In women but not in men, self-reported rumination was associated with a decreased RH bias on the emotion-based chimeric task. In both genders, choosing to engage in an emotional task was associated with increased RH involvement. Results indicate that although brooding and dwelling on the negative may be associated with decreased RH involvement, openness to emotion may be associated with increased RH involvement.
本研究基于先前关于抑郁症患者右半球后部活动减少的证据，探讨应对方式与半球不对称之间的关系，以及沉思应对与抑郁症之间的关系。两组大学生样本（N = 170）完成了嵌合面孔任务和两项应对方式测量，即自我报告的反应方式问卷和一项行为选择任务。在女性而非男性中，自我报告的沉思与基于情绪的嵌合任务中右半球偏向性降低有关。在男女两性中，选择参与情感任务都与右半球参与度增加有关。结果表明，尽管反复思考和纠结于负面情绪可能与右半球参与度降低有关，但对情绪的开放性可能与右半球参与度增加有关。
