Department of Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, UK.
Br J Psychol. 2018 May;109(2):341-361. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12265. Epub 2017 Sep 19.
People shape and influence others' emotions every day. If these attempts are perceived as successful, they may have a positive effect on people's relationships and well-being. Across two studies, targets' perceived efficacy of regulation strategies to improve their sadness and anxiety/stress has been investigated. In Study 1, participants (n = 120) were provided with two scenarios depicting sadness and anxiety/stress and asked to imagine themselves in these situations. Afterwards, they were provided with different regulation strategies and asked to rate their perceived efficacy to downregulate their sadness and anxiety. In Study 2, participants (n = 120) were asked to describe a situation where they felt sad and another one where they felt anxious. They were then provided with strategies aimed at reducing their sadness and anxiety. Results from both studies showed that whereas for sadness higher perceived efficacy was predicted by affective engagement, for anxiety/stress was predicted by cognitive engagement.
人们每天都在塑造和影响他人的情绪。如果这些尝试被认为是成功的，它们可能会对人们的人际关系和幸福感产生积极影响。在两项研究中，研究了目标对改善悲伤和焦虑/压力的调节策略的感知效果。在研究 1 中，参与者（n=120）提供了两个描述悲伤和焦虑/压力的场景，并要求他们想象自己处于这些情境中。之后，为他们提供了不同的调节策略，并要求他们对调节悲伤和焦虑的感知效果进行评分。在研究 2 中，参与者（n=120）被要求描述一个感到悲伤的情境和一个感到焦虑的情境。然后，为他们提供了旨在减轻他们悲伤和焦虑的策略。这两项研究的结果表明，对于悲伤，较高的感知效果是由情感参与预测的，而对于焦虑/压力，则是由认知参与预测的。
