University of Marburg, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Gutenbergstrasse 18, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2012 Sep;43(3):931-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.09.009. Epub 2011 Nov 27.
In order to clarify mechanisms underlying the association between emotion regulation and psychopathology, we tested whether the ability to modify negative emotions mediates the associations of other emotion-regulation skills with psychopathological symptoms in two studies.
The first study included 151 college students; the second included 121 psychiatric inpatients. Bootstrapping-enhanced mediation analyses were utilized to assess associations between self-reports of emotion-regulation skills and psychopathology, as well as potential mediation effects.
In both samples, the ability to modify emotions completely mediated the association between symptoms and skills for most skills, but not for the skill of accepting/tolerating negative emotions.
Major limitations include the use of a cross-sectional design as well as exclusive use of self-report data.
The ability to modify negative emotions may be the common pathway by which many emotion-regulation skills exert their influence on mental health; however, the skill of accepting/tolerating negative emotions may be beneficial to mental health regardless of whether or not it facilitates modification of emotions.
为了阐明情绪调节与精神病理学之间关联的潜在机制，我们在两项研究中检验了改变负性情绪的能力是否在其他情绪调节技能与精神病理学症状之间的关联中起到中介作用。
第一项研究纳入了 151 名大学生；第二项研究纳入了 121 名精神科住院患者。采用Bootstrapping 增强中介分析来评估情绪调节技能的自我报告与精神病理学症状之间的关联，以及潜在的中介效应。
在两个样本中，改变情绪的能力完全中介了症状与大多数技能之间的关联，但不能中介接受/忍受负性情绪的技能。
主要的局限性包括使用横断设计以及仅使用自我报告数据。
改变负性情绪的能力可能是许多情绪调节技能对心理健康产生影响的共同途径；然而，接受/忍受负性情绪的技能可能对心理健康有益，无论它是否促进情绪的改变。
