Tuna Ezgi, Bozo Özlem
a Middle East Technical University.
J Gen Psychol. 2014;141(1):1-17. doi: 10.1080/00221309.2013.834289.
The emotional cascade model (Selby, Anestis, & Joiner, 2008) posits that the link between emotional and behavioral dysregulation may be through emotional cascades, which are repetitive cycles of rumination and negative affect that result in an intensification of emotional distress. Dysregulated behaviors, such as non-suicidal self-injury, are used to reduce aversive emotions and distract the person from ruminative processes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the emotional cascade model in a non-Western sample of Turkish university students. Accordingly, a structural equation model was tested, and the results demonstrated that the emotional cascades were indeed associated to dysregulated behaviors, even when the effect of current symptoms of depression and anxiety on behavioral dysregulation was statistically controlled. Furthermore, thought suppression had a stronger relationship with all symptom patterns as compared to rumination, which may point to a cultural difference. Possible implications of the findings are discussed.
情绪级联模型（塞尔比、阿内斯蒂斯和乔伊纳，2008年）假定，情绪失调与行为失调之间的联系可能是通过情绪级联实现的，情绪级联是反复出现的沉思和消极情绪循环，会导致情绪困扰加剧。诸如非自杀性自我伤害等失调行为被用来减轻厌恶情绪，并使个体从沉思过程中分心。本研究的目的是在土耳其大学生这一非西方样本中探究情绪级联模型。因此，对一个结构方程模型进行了检验，结果表明，即使在统计上控制了当前抑郁和焦虑症状对行为失调的影响后，情绪级联确实与失调行为有关。此外，与沉思相比，思维抑制与所有症状模式的关系更强，这可能表明存在文化差异。讨论了这些发现可能具有的意义。
