Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
German Resilience Center (DRZ), Mainz, Germany.
Cogn Emot. 2020 Jun;34(4):793-799. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1663153. Epub 2019 Sep 9.
The ability to regulate emotions is essential for psychological well-being. Therefore, it is particularly important to investigate the specific dynamics of emotion regulation. In a new approach, we developed a novel paradigm - the Script-based Reappraisal Test (SRT) - to measure the processes involved in reappraisal, especially reappraisal inventiveness, i.e. the ability to create multiple and differing reappraisals. The aim of this study was twofold: (1) experimentally validate the SRT and (2) investigate whether reappraisal inventiveness increases reappraisal effectiveness. Healthy students ( = 143) completed the SRT. In this task, we presented everyday emotional situations in textual form and instructed participants to either decrease negative emotions by generating different reappraisals (reappraisal-trials) or react naturally (control-trials) to the situations. After each trial, participants indicated their affective state (SAM) and typed in their reappraisal thoughts. Within-subjects analyses showed significantly less negative affect and arousal in reappraisal-trials compared to control-trials, indicating a successful emotion regulation through reappraisal. Contrary to our hypothesis, reappraisal inventiveness and reappraisal effectiveness were not related. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed in the light of a person-by-situation approach.
情绪调节能力对于心理健康至关重要。因此，研究情绪调节的具体动态尤为重要。在一种新方法中，我们开发了一种新的范式——基于脚本的重评测试（SRT）——来测量重评所涉及的过程，特别是重评创造力，即创造多种不同重评的能力。这项研究的目的有两个：（1）通过实验验证 SRT；（2）探讨重评创造力是否会增加重评效果。健康学生（n=143）完成了 SRT。在这个任务中，我们以文本形式呈现日常情绪情境，并指导参与者通过生成不同的重评（重评试验）或对情境做出自然反应（控制试验）来降低负面情绪。在每次试验后，参与者会报告他们的情感状态（SAM）并输入他们的重评想法。在被试内分析中，与控制试验相比，重评试验中的负面情绪和唤醒水平明显较低，这表明通过重评成功地调节了情绪。与我们的假设相反，重评创造力和重评效果之间没有关系。我们将根据个人-情境方法讨论其理论和实践意义。
