Family Translational Research Group, New York University.
J Fam Psychol. 2020 Mar;34(2):145-154. doi: 10.1037/fam0000584. Epub 2019 Aug 8.
This study explored whether individual differences in self-reported emotional flooding were associated with observational behaviors and experienced and displayed anger during a 10-min problem solving discussion. A sample of 233 married or cohabiting couples, comprising 4 groups (distressed with intimate partner violence [IPV], distressed/nonIPV, satisfied/IPV, and satisfied/nonIPV) was recruited via random digit dialing. Consistent with predictions, both men's and women's flooding were positively associated with partners' negative affect variables, including partners' experienced and displayed anger, as well as positively associated with their own anger. A multinomial logistic regression revealed significant differences between flooding in prediction of couples' group status; specifically that higher levels of emotional flooding were reported by distressed and IPV couples compared with other types of couples. Finally, couples that included at least 1 member high on self-reported emotional flooding were less effective in solving problems during the conflict discussion. Implications and future directions are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究探讨了个体报告的情绪淹没感差异是否与观察行为以及在 10 分钟解决问题讨论中经历和表现出的愤怒有关。通过随机数字拨号招募了 233 对已婚或同居的夫妇，组成了 4 组（有亲密伴侣暴力[IPV]问题的困扰组、有/无 IPV 问题的困扰组、有 IPV 问题的满意组和有/无 IPV 问题的满意组）。与预测一致，男性和女性的情绪淹没感与伴侣的负面情绪变量呈正相关，包括伴侣的体验到的和表现出的愤怒，以及与自己的愤怒呈正相关。多元逻辑回归显示，情绪淹没感在预测夫妻群体状态方面存在显著差异；具体来说，有亲密伴侣暴力问题的困扰组和有亲密伴侣暴力问题的夫妻比其他类型的夫妻报告的情绪淹没感更高。最后，至少有 1 名成员自我报告情绪淹没感较高的夫妻在冲突讨论期间解决问题的效果较差。讨论了其意义和未来方向。
