Southward Matthew W, Altenburger Erin M, Moss Sara A, Cregg David R, Cheavens Jennifer S
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
J Soc Clin Psychol. 2018 Apr;37(4):231-251. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2018.37.4.231.
We propose a model of healthy intentional emotion regulation that includes (1) a large repertoire of (2) adaptive strategies that (3) one persists with despite initial negative feedback. One hundred forty-four undergraduates (average age = 19.20 years; 68% female, 79% Caucasian) completed a novel performance task indicating what they would think or do to feel better in response to eleven stressful vignettes. After their initial response, participants indicated four more times how they would respond if their previous strategy was not working. Raters categorized each response as an emotion regulation strategy and coded the adaptiveness of each strategy. Participants self-reported Neuroticism, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) symptoms, and depressive symptoms. We regressed each personality dimension and psychopathology symptom on our model of healthy emotion regulation. Neuroticism was negatively associated with adaptiveness and persistence. Extraversion was positively associated with adaptiveness. Conscientiousness was positively associated with repertoire, adaptiveness, and persistence, while BPD symptoms were negatively associated with all three variables. Depressive symptoms were negatively associated with persistence. These preliminary findings suggest that people with larger repertoires of more adaptive emotion regulation strategies who persist with these strategies despite initial negative feedback report less personality pathology and psychological distress.
我们提出了一种健康的有意情绪调节模型，该模型包括：（1）大量的（2）适应性策略，（3）个体即使在最初得到负面反馈的情况下仍会坚持使用这些策略。144名本科生（平均年龄 = 19.20岁；68%为女性，79%为白种人）完成了一项新颖的表现任务，表明他们在面对11个压力情景时会思考或采取什么行动来感觉更好。在他们做出初始反应后，参与者又四次表明如果他们之前的策略不起作用，他们会如何反应。评分者将每个反应归类为一种情绪调节策略，并对每种策略的适应性进行编码。参与者自我报告了神经质、外向性、尽责性、边缘性人格障碍（BPD）症状和抑郁症状。我们将每个人格维度和精神病理学症状纳入我们的健康情绪调节模型进行回归分析。神经质与适应性和坚持性呈负相关。外向性与适应性呈正相关。尽责性与策略库、适应性和坚持性呈正相关，而BPD症状与这三个变量均呈负相关。抑郁症状与坚持性呈负相关。这些初步研究结果表明，拥有更多适应性情绪调节策略且即使在最初得到负面反馈的情况下仍坚持使用这些策略的人，报告的人格病理学和心理困扰较少。
