Emery Noah N, Simons Jeffrey S, Clarke C Joseph, Gaher Raluca M
The University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069, United States.
Addict Behav. 2014 Oct;39(10):1459-63. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.05.004. Epub 2014 May 27.
Deficits in emotional and behavioral regulation figure prominently in etiological models of alcohol-related problems. This study tests a model linking poor differentiation of emotion to alcohol-related problems via urgency. The sample consisted of 102 undergraduates between the ages 18 and 24 who reported moderate to heavy alcohol consumption. As hypothesized, negative urgency mediated the relationship between negative emotion differentiation and alcohol-related problems. However, contrary to hypothesis, positive urgency was not associated with either positive emotion differentiation or alcohol-related problems and the indirect effect of positive emotion differentiation via positive urgency was not significant. Instead, positive emotion differentiation exhibited a significant direct effect on alcohol-related problems. This study provides an initial examination of connections between specificity in labeling emotions, behavioral disinhibition, and problematic alcohol use. These findings suggest that poor differentiation of negative emotion may foster impulsive behavior when negatively aroused. Whereas, impulsive behavior when positively aroused may reflect heightened sensitivity to positive reinforcement, which may not be related to reflective processes underlying emotion differentiation.
情绪和行为调节方面的缺陷在酒精相关问题的病因模型中占据显著地位。本研究测试了一个通过紧迫性将情绪分化不良与酒精相关问题联系起来的模型。样本包括102名年龄在18至24岁之间、报告有中度至重度饮酒行为的本科生。正如所假设的,消极紧迫性介导了消极情绪分化与酒精相关问题之间的关系。然而,与假设相反,积极紧迫性与积极情绪分化或酒精相关问题均无关联,且通过积极紧迫性产生的积极情绪分化的间接效应并不显著。相反,积极情绪分化对酒精相关问题表现出显著的直接效应。本研究初步考察了情绪标签特异性、行为抑制解除和问题饮酒之间的联系。这些发现表明,消极情绪分化不良可能在消极唤醒时助长冲动行为。而积极唤醒时的冲动行为可能反映出对积极强化的高度敏感,这可能与情绪分化背后的反思过程无关。