Pasupathi Monisha, Wainryb Cecilia, Mansfield Cade D, Bourne Stacia
a Department of Psychology , University of Utah , Salt Lake City , UT , USA.
Cogn Emot. 2017 Apr;31(3):444-461. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1127214. Epub 2016 Jan 8.
Admonitions to tell one's story in order to feel better reflect the belief that narrative is an effective emotion regulation tool. The present studies evaluate the effectiveness of narrative for regulating sadness and anger, and provide quantitative comparisons of narrative with distraction, reappraisal, and reexposure. The results for sadness (n = 93) and anger (n = 89) reveal that narrative is effective at down-regulating negative emotions, particularly when narratives place events in the past tense and include positive emotions. The results suggest that if people tell the "right" kind of story about their experiences, narrative reduces emotional distress linked to those experiences.
鼓励人们讲述自己的故事以感觉更好，这反映了一种信念，即叙事是一种有效的情绪调节工具。本研究评估了叙事在调节悲伤和愤怒方面的有效性，并对叙事与分心、重新评估和再次暴露进行了定量比较。悲伤组（n = 93）和愤怒组（n = 89）的结果表明，叙事在下调负面情绪方面是有效的，尤其是当叙事将事件置于过去时态并包含积极情绪时。结果表明，如果人们讲述关于自己经历的“正确”类型的故事，叙事会减少与这些经历相关的情绪困扰。
