Englert C, Bertrams A
Universität Mannheim, Lehrstuhl Pädagogische Psychologie, 68131 Manheim, Germany.
Psychol Rep. 2013 Jun;112(3):976-91. doi: 10.2466/15.10.PR0.112.3.976-991.
Self-control strength may affect state anxiety because emotion regulation is impaired in individuals whose self-control strength has been temporarily depleted. Increases in state anxiety were expected to be larger for participants with depleted compared to nondepleted self-control strength, and trait test anxiety should predict increases in state anxiety more strongly if self-control strength is depleted. In a sample of 76 university students, trait test anxiety was assessed, self-control strength experimentally manipulated, and state anxiety measured before and after the announcement of a test. State anxiety increased after the announcement. Trait test anxiety predicted increases in state anxiety only in students with depleted self-control strength, suggesting that increased self-control strength may be useful for coping with anxiety.
自我控制能力可能会影响状态焦虑，因为在自我控制能力暂时耗尽的个体中，情绪调节会受到损害。预计与自我控制能力未耗尽的参与者相比，自我控制能力耗尽的参与者状态焦虑的增加幅度会更大，并且如果自我控制能力耗尽，特质考试焦虑应该更强烈地预测状态焦虑的增加。在76名大学生的样本中，评估了特质考试焦虑，通过实验操纵了自我控制能力，并在宣布考试前后测量了状态焦虑。宣布考试后状态焦虑增加。特质考试焦虑仅在自我控制能力耗尽的学生中预测状态焦虑的增加，这表明增强自我控制能力可能有助于应对焦虑。
