Chervonsky Elizabeth, Hunt Caroline
School of Psychology, The University of Sydney.
Emotion. 2017 Jun;17(4):669-683. doi: 10.1037/emo0000270. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
Emotion expression is critical for the communication of important social information, such as emotional states and behavioral intentions. However, people tend to vary in their level of emotional expression. This meta-analysis investigated the relationships between levels of emotion expression and suppression, and social and interpersonal outcomes. PsycINFO databases, as well as reference lists were searched. Forty-three papers from a total of 3,200 papers met inclusion criteria, allowing for 105 effect sizes to be calculated. Meta-analyses revealed that greater suppression of emotion was significantly associated with poorer social wellbeing, including more negative first impressions, lower social support, lower social satisfaction and quality, and poorer romantic relationship quality. Furthermore, the expression of positive and general/nonspecific emotion was related to better social outcomes, while the expression of anger was associated with poorer social wellbeing. Expression of negative emotion generally was also associated with poorer social outcomes, although this effect size was very small and consisted of mixed results. These findings highlight the importance of considering the role that regulation of emotional expression can play in the development of social dysfunction and interpersonal problems. (PsycINFO Database Record
情绪表达对于重要社会信息的交流至关重要，比如情绪状态和行为意图。然而，人们在情绪表达水平上往往存在差异。这项元分析研究了情绪表达和抑制水平与社会及人际结果之间的关系。检索了PsycINFO数据库以及参考文献列表。从总共3200篇论文中筛选出43篇符合纳入标准的论文，从而计算出105个效应量。元分析显示，更强的情绪抑制与较差的社会幸福感显著相关，包括更负面的第一印象、更低的社会支持、更低的社会满意度和质量，以及更差的恋爱关系质量。此外，积极情绪和一般/非特定情绪的表达与更好的社会结果相关，而愤怒情绪的表达与较差的社会幸福感相关。一般来说，负面情绪的表达也与较差的社会结果相关，尽管这个效应量非常小且结果不一。这些发现凸显了考虑情绪表达调节在社会功能障碍和人际问题发展中所起作用的重要性。（PsycINFO数据库记录）
