Flynn Megan, Rudolph Karen D
Bethel University, St. Paul, MN, USA.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
J Early Adolesc. 2014;34(7):923-939. doi: 10.1177/0272431613513959. Epub 2014 Jan 10.
This study examined the proposal that difficulty understanding one's emotional experiences (i.e., deficits in emotional clarity) would interfere with the formulation of adaptive responses to interpersonal stress, which would then predict depressive symptoms. This process was examined across 3 years (fourth to sixth grade) during early adolescence. Participants included 636 youth (338 girls, 298 boys; age in fourth grade = 9.95, = .37) who completed measures assessing emotional clarity, stress responses, and depressive symptoms. Consistent with the hypothesized model, path analyses revealed that maladaptive interpersonal stress responses partially mediated the prospective contribution of deficits in emotional clarity to depressive symptoms. These findings implicate impairment in emotional understanding as a precursor to emerging interpersonal and psychological difficulties during a developmental stage of heightened vulnerability to depression, the transition to adolescence.
难以理解自身情绪体验（即情绪清晰度不足）会干扰对人际压力做出适应性反应的形成，进而预测抑郁症状。在青春期早期的3年（四年级至六年级）间对这一过程进行了考察。参与者包括636名青少年（338名女孩，298名男孩；四年级时年龄 = 9.95，标准差 = 0.37），他们完成了评估情绪清晰度、压力反应和抑郁症状的测量。与假设模型一致，路径分析表明，适应不良的人际压力反应部分介导了情绪清晰度不足对抑郁症状的前瞻性影响。这些发现表明，在对抑郁高度敏感的发育阶段——向青春期过渡期间，情绪理解受损是人际和心理问题出现的先兆。
