Hiebler-Ragger Michaela, Fuchshuber Jürgen, Dröscher Heidrun, Vajda Christian, Fink Andreas, Unterrainer Human F
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Center for Integrative Addiction Research, Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, Austria.
Front Psychol. 2018 Mar 19;9:370. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00370. eCollection 2018.
The study of human emotions and personality provides valuable insights into the parameters of mental health and well-being. Affective neuroscience proposes that several levels of emotions - ranging from primary ones such as LUST or FEAR up to higher emotions such as spirituality - interact on a neural level. The present study aimed to further explore this theory. Furthermore, we hypothesized that personality - formed by bottom-up primary emotions and cortical top-down regulation - might act as a link between primary emotions and religious/spiritual well-being. A total sample of 167 (78% female) student participants completed the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale (primary emotions), the Big Five Personality Inventory and the Multidimensional Inventory of Religious/Spiritual Well-Being (higher emotions). Correlation analyses confirmed the link between primary and higher emotions as well as their relation to personality. Further regression analyses indicated that personality dimensions mediate the relationship between primary and higher emotions. A substantial interaction between primary emotions, personality dimensions, and religious/spiritual well-being could be confirmed. From a developmental perspective, cortical top-down regulation might influence religious/spiritual well-being by forming relevant personality dimensions. Hence, CARE as well as Agreeableness seem of special importance. Future studies might focus on implications for clinical groups.
对人类情感和个性的研究为心理健康和幸福的参数提供了宝贵的见解。情感神经科学提出，从诸如欲望或恐惧等基本情绪到诸如灵性等高级情绪的几个层次的情绪在神经层面上相互作用。本研究旨在进一步探索这一理论。此外，我们假设由自下而上的基本情绪和皮质自上而下的调节形成的个性可能充当基本情绪与宗教/精神幸福之间的联系。总共167名（78%为女性）学生参与者完成了情感神经科学个性量表（基本情绪）、大五人格量表和宗教/精神幸福多维量表（高级情绪）。相关分析证实了基本情绪与高级情绪之间的联系以及它们与个性的关系。进一步的回归分析表明，个性维度介导了基本情绪与高级情绪之间的关系。可以证实基本情绪、个性维度和宗教/精神幸福之间存在显著的相互作用。从发展的角度来看，皮质自上而下的调节可能通过形成相关的个性维度来影响宗教/精神幸福。因此，关爱以及宜人性似乎特别重要。未来的研究可能侧重于对临床群体的影响。
