Probst Thomas, Pryss Rüdiger, Langguth Berthold, Schlee Winfried
Department of Psychology, Regensburg University, Germany.
Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.
Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 4;6:31166. doi: 10.1038/srep31166.
It is well established that emotions influence tinnitus, but the role of emotion dynamics remains unclear. The present study investigated emotion dynamics in N = 306 users of the "TrackYourTinnitus" application who completed the Mini-Tinnitus Questionnaire (Mini-TQ) at one assessment point and provided complete data on at least five assessment points for the following state variables: tinnitus loudness, tinnitus distress, arousal, valence. The repeated arousal and valence ratings were used for two operationalizations of emotion dynamics: intra-individual variability of affect intensity (pulse) as well as intra-individual variability of affect quality (spin). Pearson correlation coefficients showed that the Mini-TQ was positively correlated with pulse (r = 0.19; p < 0.05) as well as with spin (r = 0.12; p < 0.05). Multilevel models revealed the following results: increases in tinnitus loudness were more strongly associated with increases in tinnitus distress at higher levels of pulse as well as at higher levels of spin (both p < 0.05), whereby increases in tinnitus loudness correlated even stronger with increases in tinnitus distress when both pulse as well as spin were high (p < 0.05). Moreover, increases in spin were associated with a less favorable time course of tinnitus loudness (p < 0.05). To conclude, equilibrating emotion dynamics might be a potential target in the prevention and treatment of tinnitus.
情绪会影响耳鸣，这一点已得到充分证实，但情绪动态变化的作用仍不明确。本研究调查了306名使用“TrackYourTinnitus”应用程序的用户的情绪动态变化，这些用户在一个评估点完成了迷你耳鸣问卷（Mini-TQ），并提供了至少五个评估点关于以下状态变量的完整数据：耳鸣响度、耳鸣困扰、唤醒度、效价。重复的唤醒度和效价值评级用于情绪动态变化的两种操作化：情感强度的个体内变异性（脉冲）以及情感质量的个体内变异性（旋转）。皮尔逊相关系数表明，Mini-TQ与脉冲呈正相关（r = 0.19；p < 0.05），与旋转也呈正相关（r = 0.12；p < 0.05）。多层次模型得出以下结果：在较高的脉冲水平以及较高的旋转水平上，耳鸣响度的增加与耳鸣困扰的增加更密切相关（均p < 0.05），当脉冲和旋转都较高时，耳鸣响度的增加与耳鸣困扰的增加相关性更强（p < 0.05）。此外，旋转的增加与耳鸣响度的不太有利的时间进程相关（p < 0.05）。总之，平衡情绪动态变化可能是耳鸣预防和治疗的一个潜在靶点。
