School of Psychology, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, Bilinga, Queensland, Australia.
Stress Health. 2020 Apr;36(2):119-130. doi: 10.1002/smi.2914. Epub 2019 Dec 29.
There is increasing research on the role of savouring positive emotional experience in the context of stress. As such, we need a better understanding of how savouring and coping relate to each other and to psychological adjustment outcomes following a stressful life event. In particular, this study seeks to understand whether savouring is better conceptualized as a coping resource or a coping response. Three hundred people who experienced a highly stressful event in the past year completed measures of impact of event, savouring, coping, positive emotions, depression, anxiety, and life satisfaction. Results of bivariate correlations showed that savouring is positively correlated with positive coping (i.e., mastery and meaning-based coping) and socially-supported coping (i.e., using emotional and instrumental support) and negatively correlated with negative coping (i.e., self-judgement and avoidance coping). The results of path analyses support a model that positions savouring as a coping response that relates to other coping responses and indirectly relates to better psychological adjustment through positive emotions (when psychological adjustment is conceptualized as depression or life satisfaction but not anxiety). Findings provide preliminary support for conceptualizing savouring as a coping response; future research should consider measuring savouring as a coping response to further our understanding of savouring following a stressful life event.
越来越多的研究关注在压力背景下品味积极情绪体验的作用。因此，我们需要更好地理解品味和应对之间的关系，以及它们与经历压力生活事件后的心理调整结果之间的关系。具体来说，本研究旨在理解品味是否可以更好地被视为应对资源或应对反应。过去一年经历过高度压力事件的 300 人完成了事件影响、品味、应对、积极情绪、抑郁、焦虑和生活满意度的测量。二元相关分析的结果表明，品味与积极应对（即掌握和基于意义的应对）和社会支持应对（即使用情感和工具支持）呈正相关，与消极应对（即自我判断和回避应对）呈负相关。路径分析的结果支持这样一种模型，即品味被视为一种应对反应，它与其他应对反应相关，并通过积极情绪间接地与更好的心理调整相关（当心理调整被概念化为抑郁或生活满意度而不是焦虑时）。研究结果初步支持将品味概念化为应对反应；未来的研究应该考虑将品味作为一种应对反应来测量，以进一步了解经历压力生活事件后的品味。
