Barry Declan T, Mizrahi Trina C
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519-1187, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2005 Aug;193(8):535-9. doi: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000172642.23147.23.
This study examined the relationship between guarded self-disclosure, psychological distress, and willingness to use psychological services if distressed among 170 (88 male, 82 female) East Asian immigrants in the United States. Participants were administered a battery of psychometrically established measures. Participants who endorsed overall guarded self-disclosure, self-concealment (i.e., unwillingness to reveal affect to others), or conflict avoidance (i.e., maintenance of harmony via suppression of feelings) were significantly more likely to report psychological distress and were significantly less likely to report willingness to use psychological services. While conflict avoidance was a significant independent predictor of psychological distress, self-concealment was a significant independent predictor of willingness to use psychological services. These findings point to the importance of assessing multiple facets of guarded self-disclosure, which appear to be differentially associated with psychological distress and willingness to use psychological services.
本研究调查了170名（88名男性，82名女性）在美国的东亚移民中，谨慎的自我表露、心理困扰以及在感到困扰时使用心理服务的意愿之间的关系。对参与者进行了一系列心理测量学上已确立的测量。认可总体谨慎的自我表露、自我隐瞒（即不愿向他人表露情感）或冲突回避（即通过抑制情感来维持和谐）的参与者，更有可能报告心理困扰，且报告使用心理服务意愿的可能性显著更低。虽然冲突回避是心理困扰的一个显著独立预测因素，但自我隐瞒是使用心理服务意愿的一个显著独立预测因素。这些发现表明评估谨慎的自我表露多个方面的重要性，这些方面似乎与心理困扰和使用心理服务的意愿存在不同的关联。
