Stoia-Caraballo Rebecca, Rye Mark S, Pan Wei, Brown Kirschman Keri J, Lutz-Zois Catherine, Lyons Amy M
Department of Psychology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA.
J Behav Med. 2008 Dec;31(6):478-88. doi: 10.1007/s10865-008-9172-5. Epub 2008 Sep 12.
Research indicates that forgiveness of interpersonal transgressions relates to better sleep quality, whereas maintaining feelings of anger and hostility relates to poorer sleep quality. However, the mechanisms explaining these relationships have yet to be determined. We examined whether negative affect and anger rumination mediate the relationship between forgiveness of others and sleep quality using a sample of 277 undergraduates from a medium-sized Midwestern Catholic university. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing forgiveness of others (situational and dispositional), sleep quality (nocturnal sleep and daytime fatigue), negative affect (depression and anxiety), and anger rumination. Using structural equation modeling, we found that negative affect and anger rumination mediated the relationship between forgiveness and sleep quality through two indirect pathways. In one pathway, negative affect mediated between forgiveness and sleep quality. In the second pathway, both negative affect and anger rumination functioned as mediators. Implications for clinicians and researchers are discussed.
研究表明，原谅人际间的过错与更好的睡眠质量相关，而持续怀有愤怒和敌意的情绪则与较差的睡眠质量相关。然而，解释这些关系的机制尚未确定。我们以一所位于中西部的中型天主教大学的277名本科生为样本，研究了消极情绪和愤怒反刍是否介导了他人宽恕与睡眠质量之间的关系。参与者完成了自我报告问卷，评估对他人的宽恕（情境性和特质性）、睡眠质量（夜间睡眠和白天疲劳）、消极情绪（抑郁和焦虑）以及愤怒反刍。通过结构方程模型，我们发现消极情绪和愤怒反刍通过两条间接途径介导了宽恕与睡眠质量之间的关系。在一条途径中，消极情绪在宽恕和睡眠质量之间起中介作用。在第二条途径中，消极情绪和愤怒反刍都起到了中介作用。文中还讨论了对临床医生和研究人员的启示。
