Department of Psychology.
Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University.
Emotion. 2011 Apr;11(2):379-390. doi: 10.1037/a0021776.
This study tested the hypothesis that individual differences in cognitive control can predict individual differences in emotion regulation. Participants completed color-word and emotional Stroop tasks while an electroencephalogram was recorded, and then they reported daily stressful events, affect, and coping for 14 days. Greater posterror slowing in the emotional Stroop task predicted greater negative affect in response to stressors and less use of task-focused coping as daily stressors increased. Participants whose neural activity best distinguished errors from correct responses tended to show less stress reactivity in daily self-reports. Finally, depression levels predicted daily affect and coping independent of cognitive control variables. The results offer qualified support for an integrated conception of cognitive and emotional self-regulation.
本研究检验了这样一个假设，即认知控制的个体差异可以预测情绪调节的个体差异。参与者在完成颜色-词语和情绪 Stroop 任务的同时记录脑电图，然后在 14 天内报告日常压力事件、情绪和应对方式。情绪 Stroop 任务中较大的错误后减速预示着对压力源的反应会有更大的负面情绪，而随着日常压力源的增加，任务型应对方式的使用会减少。那些神经活动最能区分错误和正确反应的参与者在日常自我报告中表现出的应激反应较小。最后，抑郁水平预测了日常情绪和应对方式，而与认知控制变量无关。研究结果为认知和情绪自我调节的综合概念提供了有限的支持。
