Liverant Gabrielle I, Brown Timothy A, Barlow David H, Roemer Lizabeth
Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Behav Res Ther. 2008 Nov;46(11):1201-9. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.08.001. Epub 2008 Aug 19.
This study examined the effects of emotional suppression and acceptance in a depressed sample. Sixty participants with diagnoses of unipolar depression completed a questionnaire packet and participated in an experiment. The experiment utilized two conditions to explore correlates of the spontaneous use of emotion regulation strategies and the effects of an experimental manipulation of acceptance and suppression. Results demonstrated that suppression produced short-term reductions in sadness. Notably, anxiety about the experience of depressed mood influenced the efficacy of emotional suppression with findings showing that suppression was no longer effective at moderate and higher levels of anxiety about the experience of depressed mood. Implications of study findings for understanding emotion dysregulation in depressive disorders and the treatment of depression are discussed.
本研究考察了情绪抑制和接纳在抑郁症样本中的作用。60名被诊断为单相抑郁症的参与者完成了一组问卷并参与了一项实验。该实验采用两种条件来探究情绪调节策略的自发使用的相关因素以及接纳和抑制的实验操纵的效果。结果表明，抑制会使悲伤情绪在短期内减轻。值得注意的是，对抑郁情绪体验的焦虑影响了情绪抑制的效果，研究结果显示，在对抑郁情绪体验的焦虑处于中等及较高水平时，抑制不再有效。文中讨论了研究结果对于理解抑郁症中情绪失调以及抑郁症治疗的意义。
