Seattle Pacific University.
Florida State University; Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
J Affect Disord. 2021 Feb 1;280(Pt A):89-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.071. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
Agitation is an important transdiagnostic factor for several mental health disorders and a significant risk factor for dangerous or maladaptive coping behaviors. How an individual responds to experiences of agitation itself may also play a crucial role in conferring risk towards maladaptive behaviors. Specifically, ruminating on high arousal emotions, such as anger, will also be more likely to initiate and maintain agitation, thereby increasing risk for impulsive and maladaptive behaviors.
Undergraduate students (N=117) were randomly assigned to an emotion induction condition (i.e., control, sadness only, anger only, sadness and anger) followed by either a control condition or a rumination induction. They completed measures on subjective emotional state and agitation at baseline, after emotion induction, after rumination induction, and at the end of session.
Agitation was influenced by negative affect broadly with each experimental condition leading to agitation. Anger influenced momentary change in agitation and sustained agitation when combined with rumination.
The majority of participants in the current study were young, white females and the findings may not generalize to individuals of diverse genders and cultures who may have experience and cope with agitation differently.
Recognizing and mitigating rumination during moments of anger may help decrease a clients' use of problematic coping behaviors.
激动是几种精神健康障碍的重要共病因素，也是危险或适应不良应对行为的重要风险因素。个体对激动体验的反应本身也可能在赋予适应不良行为的风险方面发挥关键作用。具体而言，沉思高度唤醒的情绪，如愤怒，也更有可能引发和维持激动，从而增加冲动和适应不良行为的风险。
本科生（N=117）被随机分配到情绪诱导条件（即对照、仅悲伤、仅愤怒、悲伤和愤怒），然后是对照条件或沉思诱导。他们在基线、情绪诱导后、沉思诱导后和会话结束时完成主观情绪状态和激动的测量。
激动广泛受到负性情绪的影响，每个实验条件都导致激动。愤怒与沉思结合时会影响激动的瞬间变化和持续的激动。
目前研究的大多数参与者是年轻的白人女性，研究结果可能不适用于具有不同性别和文化背景的个体，他们可能以不同的方式体验和应对激动。
在愤怒时刻认识到并减轻沉思可能有助于减少客户使用有问题的应对行为。
