Davey Graham C L, Eldridge Fiona, Drost Jolijn, MacDonald Benie A
Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK.
Behav Res Ther. 2007 Jun;45(6):1231-43. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.08.024. Epub 2006 Oct 19.
This paper reports the results of two experiments designed to test predictions from the mood-as-input hypothesis about the factors that contribute to the ending of a worry bout. Experiment 1 looked at changes in self-reported mood across a catastrophising interview task. Experiment 2 investigated whether there were any changes in stop rule deployment between the beginning and end of a catastrophising interview task. Experiment 1 demonstrated that worriers tended to show increases in negative mood and decreases in positive mood over the course of catastrophising. In Experiment 2, participants exhibited a significant shift away from endorsing the use of 'as many as can' stop rules and a significant increasing tendency to endorse the use of 'feel like continuing' stop rules over the course of catastrophising. These results suggest that worriers exhibit increases in negative mood across the worry bout, but shift from the use of 'as many as can' to 'feel like continuing' stop rules. Mood-as-input hypothesis predicts that if high worriers ask the question "do I feel like continuing?" in the context of increasing negative mood, this will imply that the activity is no longer enjoyable or profitable and should be terminated. The results are discussed in the context of mood-as-input accounts of pathological worrying and the therapeutic implications of these findings are reviewed.
本文报告了两项实验的结果，这两项实验旨在检验情绪输入假说中关于导致担忧发作结束的因素的预测。实验1观察了在一场灾难化访谈任务中自我报告情绪的变化。实验2调查了在灾难化访谈任务开始和结束之间，停止规则的运用是否存在任何变化。实验1表明，在灾难化过程中，担忧者往往会出现负面情绪增加和正面情绪减少的情况。在实验2中，参与者在灾难化过程中表现出显著的转变，即从认可使用“尽可能多”的停止规则转向认可使用“感觉想继续”的停止规则的显著增加趋势。这些结果表明，担忧者在整个担忧发作过程中负面情绪增加，但停止规则从“尽可能多”转向“感觉想继续”。情绪输入假说预测，如果高担忧者在负面情绪增加的情况下问“我感觉想继续吗？”，这将意味着该活动不再令人愉快或有益，应该终止。本文在病理性担忧的情绪输入理论背景下讨论了这些结果，并回顾了这些发现的治疗意义。
