Graham Steven M, Huang Julie Y, Clark Margaret S, Helgeson Vicki S
Family Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2008 Mar;34(3):394-406. doi: 10.1177/0146167207311281.
Four studies support the hypothesis that expressing negative emotion is associated with positive relationship outcomes, including elicitation of support, building of new close relationships, and heightening of intimacy in the closest of those relationships. In Study 1, participants read vignettes in which another person was experiencing a negative emotion. Participants reported they would provide more help when the person chose to express the negative emotion. In Study 2, participants watched a confederate preparing for a speech. Participants provided more help to her when she expressed nervousness. In Study 3, self-reports of willingness to express negative emotions predicted having more friends, controlling for demographic variables and extraversion. In Study 4, self-reports of willingness to express negative emotion measured prior to arrival at college predicted formation of more relationships, greater intimacy in the closest of those relationships, and greater received support from roommates across participants' first semester of college.
四项研究支持了这样一种假设，即表达负面情绪与积极的人际关系结果相关，包括获得支持、建立新的亲密关系以及增强最亲密关系中的亲密度。在研究1中，参与者阅读了描述另一个人正在经历负面情绪的短文。参与者报告说，当这个人选择表达负面情绪时，他们会提供更多帮助。在研究2中，参与者观看了一名同伙为演讲做准备的过程。当她表现出紧张时，参与者给予了她更多帮助。在研究3中，在控制了人口统计学变量和外向性之后，表达负面情绪意愿的自我报告预测拥有更多朋友。在研究4中，在进入大学之前测量的表达负面情绪意愿的自我报告预测了在参与者大学第一学期中会形成更多关系、最亲密关系中有更高的亲密度以及从室友那里获得更多支持。
