Center on Autobiographical Memory Research, Aarhus University.
Center on Autobiographical Memory Research, Aarhus University.
Behav Ther. 2018 Jul;49(4):604-616. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2017.11.002. Epub 2017 Nov 21.
Dispositional emotion regulation is related to the severity and maintenance of depressive symptoms. However, whether emotion regulation specific to an event highly central for an individual's identity is predictive of depressive symptoms has not been examined. Nonclinical participants (N = 220) reported the extent to which they employed a selection of emotion regulation strategies when recalling low- and high-centrality events. Dispositional emotion regulation and depressive symptoms were also assessed. A 7-week follow-up was conducted. High-centrality events were associated with more emotion regulation efforts. Greater brooding and expressive suppression in relation to high-centrality memories predicted concurrent depressive symptoms after controlling for event valence and dispostional emotion regulation. Effects were absent for low-centrality memories. Emotion regulation in response to high-centrality memories did not predict depressive symptoms at follow-up beyond baseline depressive symptoms. Overall, the findings showed that maladaptive emotion regulation in response to memories of high-centrality events is important for explaining depressive symptomatology.
性格情绪调节与抑郁症状的严重程度和维持有关。然而，个体身份高度集中的特定事件的情绪调节是否可以预测抑郁症状尚未得到检验。非临床参与者（N=220）报告了在回忆低和高中心事件时他们使用各种情绪调节策略的程度。还评估了性格情绪调节和抑郁症状。进行了为期 7 周的随访。高中心事件与更多的情绪调节努力有关。在控制事件效价和性格情绪调节后，与高中心记忆相关的沉思和表达抑制预测了并发抑郁症状。对于低中心记忆，没有效果。在考虑了基线抑郁症状后，高中心记忆的情绪调节在随访时并未预测抑郁症状。总的来说，这些发现表明，对高中心记忆的适应不良情绪调节对于解释抑郁症状很重要。
