Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 May 13;14(5):e0216523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216523. eCollection 2019.
Research has shown that romantic love can be regulated. We investigated perceptions about love regulation, because these perceptions may impact mental health and influence love regulation application. Two-hundred eighty-six participants completed a series of items online via Qualtrics that assessed perceived ability to up- and down-regulate, exaggerate and suppress the expression of, and start and stop different love types. We also tested individual differences in perceived love regulation ability. Participants thought that they could up- but not down-regulate love in general and that they could up-regulate love in general more than down-regulate it. Participants thought that they could up-regulate infatuation less than attachment and sexual desire. Participants also thought that they could exaggerate and suppress expressions of infatuation, attachment, and sexual desire, but that they could not start and stop infatuation and attachment, or start sexual desire. The more participants habitually used cognitive reappraisal, the more they thought that they could up- and down-regulate infatuation and attachment and up-regulate sexual desire. The more participants were infatuated with their beloved, the more they thought that they could up- but not down-regulate infatuation, attachment, and sexual desire. Finally, participants thought that they could up- and down-regulate happiness more than infatuation These findings are a first step toward the development of psychoeducation techniques to correct inaccurate love regulation perceptions, which may improve mental health and love regulation in daily life.
研究表明，浪漫的爱情是可以调节的。我们调查了人们对爱情调节的看法，因为这些看法可能会影响心理健康，并影响爱情调节的应用。286 名参与者通过 Qualtrics 在线完成了一系列评估感知能力的项目，这些项目评估了感知到的调节、夸大和抑制不同类型爱情的表达、开始和停止不同类型爱情的能力。我们还测试了个体在感知爱情调节能力方面的差异。参与者认为他们可以在一般情况下提升爱情，但不能降低爱情；他们可以一般情况下更多地提升爱情，而不是降低爱情。参与者认为他们可以提升迷恋感，而不是依恋感和性欲。参与者还认为他们可以夸大和抑制迷恋感、依恋感和性欲的表达，但不能开始和停止迷恋感和依恋感，也不能开始性欲。参与者越习惯性地使用认知重评，他们就越认为自己可以提升和降低迷恋感和依恋感，并提升性欲。参与者越迷恋他们的爱人，他们就越认为自己可以提升，但不能降低迷恋感、依恋感和性欲。最后，参与者认为他们可以提升和降低幸福感，而不是迷恋感。这些发现是朝着开发心理教育技术迈出的第一步，可以纠正对爱情调节不准确的看法，从而改善心理健康和日常生活中的爱情调节。
