Thompson Renee J, Mata Jutta, Jaeggi Susanne M, Buschkuehl Martin, Jonides John, Gotlib Ian H
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 420, Stanford, CA 94305, USA ; Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1125, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Depress Res Treat. 2013;2013:540726. doi: 10.1155/2013/540726. Epub 2013 Jun 18.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is characterized by several emotional disturbances. One possible but not well-examined disturbance is in attention to emotion, an important facet of emotional awareness. We examined whether attention to emotion predicted recovery from MDD. Fifty-three adults with current MDD completed a week of experience sampling (Time 1). At each prompt, participants reported attention to emotion, negative affect (NA), and positive affect (PA). Approximately one year later (Time 2), the depressive status of 27 participants was reassessed. Participants who had recovered from MDD (n = 8) indicated paying less attention to their emotions at Time 1 than did participants who had not fully recovered (n = 19). Attention to emotion was better predictor of recovery than was severity of MDD, NA, or PA at Time 1. Levels of attention to emotion at Time 1 in participants who recovered from MDD did not differ significantly from the levels reported by 53 never-depressed individuals who had participated in the experience sampling. Findings indicate that high levels of an otherwise adaptive emotional facet can adversely affect the course of MDD.
重度抑郁症（MDD）的特征是存在多种情绪障碍。一种可能但未得到充分研究的障碍是对情绪的关注，这是情绪意识的一个重要方面。我们研究了对情绪的关注是否能预测MDD的康复情况。53名患有当前MDD的成年人完成了为期一周的经验取样（时间1）。在每次提示时，参与者报告对情绪的关注、消极情绪（NA）和积极情绪（PA）。大约一年后（时间2），对27名参与者的抑郁状态进行了重新评估。从MDD中康复的参与者（n = 8）在时间1时表示对自己情绪的关注少于未完全康复的参与者（n = 19）。在时间1时，对情绪的关注比MDD的严重程度、消极情绪或积极情绪更能预测康复情况。从MDD中康复的参与者在时间1时对情绪的关注水平与53名参与经验取样的从未患过抑郁症的个体报告的水平没有显著差异。研究结果表明，高水平的原本具有适应性的情绪方面可能会对MDD的病程产生不利影响。
