Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong.
J Am Coll Health. 2020 Jul;68(5):494-501. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1580712. Epub 2019 Mar 25.
This study tested the interactive relationships between college students' perceived capability of regulating negative emotions and savoring positive emotions on mental health outcomes, including anxiety and depressive symptoms. Participants were healthy undergraduates ( = 167) recruited from two universities in Hong Kong. Students completed four scales assessing their perceived capability of using strategies to regulate negative and positive emotions and their anxiety and depressive symptoms. Findings revealed that both anxiety and depressive symptoms were negatively linked to perceived capabilities of regulating negative emotions and savoring positive emotions. Furthermore, regulating negative emotions interacted with savoring positive emotions to predict anxiety symptoms. The need to simultaneously perform negative and positive emotion regulation is highlighted. The results suggest the priority of regulating negative emotions over savoring positive emotions in alleviating anxiety symptoms. Nevertheless, enhancing positive emotion shows greater benefits for those who are less adept at regulating negative emotions.
本研究旨在检验大学生感知负面情绪调节能力和体验积极情绪能力与心理健康结果（包括焦虑和抑郁症状）之间的交互关系。参与者为来自香港两所大学的健康本科生（n=167）。学生完成了四个量表，评估他们感知使用策略调节负面和积极情绪的能力以及他们的焦虑和抑郁症状。研究结果表明，焦虑和抑郁症状与感知负面情绪调节和体验积极情绪的能力呈负相关。此外，调节负面情绪与体验积极情绪相互作用，从而预测焦虑症状。这凸显了同时进行负面和积极情绪调节的必要性。研究结果表明，在缓解焦虑症状方面，调节负面情绪比体验积极情绪更为重要。然而，对于那些不擅长调节负面情绪的人来说，增强积极情绪则具有更大的益处。
