Doctoral School "Evidence-based Assessment and Psychological Interventions", Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2021 Nov;34(6):719-733. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2020.1867717. Epub 2020 Dec 31.
Recent approaches suggest that emotion regulation (ER) abilities represent potential predictors of emotional response among youths navigating stressful situations. To test this, we investigated whether ER abilities predicted the subjective and physiological emotional response experienced by youths during a stressful situation.
A cross-sectional design was employed.
One hundred and thirty-four youths completed measures of ER abilities (emotional awareness, anxiety sensitivity, emotional control) and were asked to deliver a speech while their anxiety, positive emotions, heart rate, and alpha asymmetry were collected at four time points: baseline, anticipation, speech, and post-recovery.
Pearson correlations showed that poor emotional control and awareness, as well as high anxiety sensitivity were related to greater anxiety and lower positive emotions experienced during the speech. Hierarchical multiple regressions also revealed that emotional control and emotional awareness predicted greater speech anxiety and lower positive emotions. Moreover, anxiety sensitivity was related to and predicted an increased heart rate experienced during speech.
Findings suggest that difficulties in emotional awareness, anxiety sensitivity, and emotional control predict the emotional response experienced by youths during a stressful situation. Interventions delivered by clinicians/teachers that target ER difficulties may be effective in improving emotional functioning when navigating stressful situations.
最近的研究表明，情绪调节（ER）能力是预测青少年在应对压力情境时情绪反应的潜在指标。为了验证这一点，我们研究了 ER 能力是否可以预测青少年在压力情境下的主观和生理情绪反应。
采用横断面设计。
134 名青少年完成了 ER 能力（情绪意识、焦虑敏感、情绪控制）的测量，并被要求在四个时间点（基线、预期、演讲和恢复后）进行演讲，同时收集他们的焦虑、积极情绪、心率和α不对称性。
皮尔逊相关分析表明，情绪控制和意识差，以及焦虑敏感高与演讲时焦虑增加和积极情绪降低有关。层次回归分析还表明，情绪控制和情绪意识预测演讲时的焦虑增加和积极情绪降低。此外，焦虑敏感与演讲时心率增加有关，并预测心率增加。
研究结果表明，情绪意识、焦虑敏感和情绪控制方面的困难预测了青少年在压力情境下的情绪反应。临床医生/教师提供的针对 ER 困难的干预措施可能有助于改善在应对压力情境时的情绪功能。
