Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Int J Psychol. 2019 Aug;54(4):448-453. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12486. Epub 2018 Apr 3.
Whether the negative effects of emotion suppression on psychological well-being are applicable cross-culturally is a long-debated topic. The present study attempted to shed light on this debate, focusing on the effects of perceived emotion suppression and examining the psychological processes leading from perceived emotion suppression to lower psychological well-being. We used a scale manipulation to lead 196 American and 213 Chinese participants to perceive themselves as having suppressed their emotions to a greater or lesser extent and then measured their life satisfaction. As expected, both the American and Chinese participants reported lower life satisfaction in the high-suppression condition than in the low-suppression condition; this negative effect was mediated by positive affect and moderated by self-esteem. Specifically, perceived high emotion suppression decreased positive affect, which in turn led to lower well-being. This effect was observed only for those with low self-esteem, but the patterns and mechanisms were consistent cross-culturally.
情绪抑制对心理健康的负面影响是否具有跨文化适用性是一个长期存在争议的话题。本研究试图阐明这一争议，重点关注感知到的情绪抑制的影响，并探讨从感知到的情绪抑制到较低的心理健康的心理过程。我们使用量表操纵让 196 名美国人和 213 名中国人参与者感知到自己或多或少地抑制了自己的情绪，然后测量了他们的生活满意度。正如预期的那样，美国和中国参与者都报告说，在高抑制条件下的生活满意度低于在低抑制条件下的生活满意度；这种负面影响是由积极的情绪和自尊调节所介导的。具体来说，感知到的高度情绪抑制会降低积极的情绪，从而导致幸福感降低。这种效应仅在自尊较低的个体中观察到，但模式和机制在跨文化上是一致的。
