a Department of Psychology , University of Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
J Pers Assess. 2019 Jan-Feb;101(1):73-83. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1339711. Epub 2017 Jul 5.
A voluminous literature has documented the importance of emotion regulation for health and well-being. The studies in this literature, however, have generally focused on the down-regulation of negative affect. Few studies have examined the down-regulation of positive affect. In Study 1, we constructed a scale, the revised Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale (r-RESE), which assesses both the down- and up-regulation of positive affect, in addition to the traditional down-regulation of negative affect. In Study 2, we conducted an extensive validation of the r-RESE scale, using a multimethod approach with informant ratings, to illustrate that the down-regulation of positive affect represents a process independent of each of the other forms of emotion regulation. In Study 3, we provided evidence that the ability to down-regulate positive emotions provides added predictive utility when predicting indexes of impulsivity and adjustment. Across the studies, we illustrate the potential importance of the down-regulation of positive emotions as a topic of study for the field of emotion regulation.
大量文献证明了情绪调节对于健康和幸福的重要性。然而，这些文献中的研究通常集中在消极情绪的下调上。很少有研究检查积极情绪的下调。在研究 1 中，我们构建了一个量表，即修订后的情绪自我效能感调节量表（r-RESE），该量表除了传统的消极情绪下调外，还评估了积极情绪的下调和上调。在研究 2 中，我们采用多方法的方法，包括 informant 评分，对 r-RESE 量表进行了广泛的验证，以说明积极情绪的下调代表了一种独立于其他形式的情绪调节的过程。在研究 3 中，我们提供了证据表明，下调积极情绪的能力在预测冲动和调整的指标时提供了额外的预测效用。在这些研究中，我们说明了积极情绪下调作为情绪调节领域的一个研究课题的潜在重要性。
