Department of Psychology, University of Finance and Management, Warsaw, Poland.
Stress Health. 2014 Feb;30(1):34-42. doi: 10.1002/smi.2493. Epub 2013 May 8.
The purpose of this study was to analyse the associations of emotional control with sociodemographic and clinical variables in a sample of patients with a range of chronic somatic diseases. The relationships between emotional control, coping styles and adjustment to the disease were investigated. The sample consisted of 300 patients with the mean age of 54.60 ± 17.57 years. Courtauld Emotional Control Scale was used to measure the patients' tendency to suppress negative emotions, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations was used to measure coping styles and Acceptance of Illness Scale was applied to determine adjustment to the disease. Patients with neurological conditions showed significantly lower suppression of anger. Levels of emotional control were found to be related to gender, age and educational level but not to the place of residence. Task-oriented style of coping with stress correlated positively with suppression of depression and anxiety, whereas acceptance of illness correlated negatively with suppression of anger. Levels of emotional control are only weakly related to the type of diagnosis; however, some clinical samples may show lower suppression of anger. Suppression of negative emotions is weakly related to adjustment indicators such as certain coping styles and acceptance of illness.
本研究旨在分析情绪控制与一系列慢性躯体疾病患者的人口统计学和临床变量之间的关联。研究了情绪控制、应对方式与疾病适应之间的关系。该样本包括 300 名年龄在 54.60±17.57 岁之间的患者。采用考尔德情绪控制量表来衡量患者抑制负面情绪的倾向，采用应对压力情况量表来衡量应对方式，采用疾病接受量表来确定对疾病的适应情况。患有神经系统疾病的患者表现出明显较低的愤怒抑制。情绪控制水平与性别、年龄和教育水平有关，但与居住地无关。以任务为导向的应对压力的方式与抑制抑郁和焦虑呈正相关，而对疾病的接受与抑制愤怒呈负相关。情绪控制水平与诊断类型的相关性较弱；然而，一些临床样本可能表现出较低的愤怒抑制。抑制负面情绪与某些应对方式和对疾病的接受等适应指标的相关性较弱。
