Matsushita Tomoko
Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human Environment, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Shinrigaku Kenkyu. 2005 Dec;76(5):480-5. doi: 10.4992/jjpsy.76.480.
Narrative approach suggests that finding or creating meaning in one's own negative experience is important, and one of psychotherapeutic goals may be making it possible for the person to tell his/her in experience to others in a more positive way than otherwise. On the other hand, recent studies of self-disclosure have suggested that disclosure of negative experience could be harmful to well-being or interpersonal relationship of the person. This study investigated the relationship between ways of finding meaning in negative experiences and hesitation in self-disclosure. A questionnaire about negative life experience was administered to 210 undergraduates. Results indicated that there were four different ways of finding meaning in negative experiences, and four factors of the hesitation could be classified into those having interpersonal and intra-personal negative implications. Believing that a negative experience had negative effects on life led to stronger hesitation in self-disclosure. Interpreting a negative experience positively led to less intra-personal hesitation. And holding no hope or optimistic perspective about a negative experience led to stronger interpersonal hesitation in self-disclosure.
叙事方法表明，在自己的负面经历中找到或创造意义很重要，心理治疗的目标之一可能是让一个人能够以比其他方式更积极的方式向他人讲述自己的经历。另一方面，最近关于自我表露的研究表明，负面经历的表露可能对一个人的幸福感或人际关系有害。本研究调查了在负面经历中寻找意义的方式与自我表露犹豫之间的关系。对210名本科生进行了一项关于负面生活经历的问卷调查。结果表明，在负面经历中找到意义有四种不同方式，自我表露犹豫的四个因素可分为具有人际和个人内部负面影响的因素。认为负面经历对生活有负面影响会导致更强的自我表露犹豫。积极解读负面经历会减少个人内部的犹豫。对负面经历不抱希望或持乐观态度会导致更强的自我表露人际犹豫。
