Steinert Steven W, Daugherty Ana M, Shankar Sneha, Schwarb Hillary, Cerjanic Alex, Sutton Bradley P, Arble Eamonn P
Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA.
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Scand J Psychol. 2021 Jun;62(3):321-327. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12705. Epub 2021 Jan 6.
Identifying performance-based assessments of emotion regulation is needed for the study of myriad mood and neurological disorders. Color and form responses on the Rorschach Inkblot Method are valid measures of emotion response control, but have not been studied in relation to known neural correlations of emotion regulation. A discrepancy of color (CF + C) greater than form (FC) responses suggests low cognitive control over emotional responses. This preliminary report explores the discrepancy between form-color responses as a correlate of regional cortical thickness. A sample of community-dwelling adults were administered the Rorschach Inkblot Method and participated in a structural MRI scan. Greater middle frontal cortex thickness was associated with a positive discrepancy score [(CF + C) - FC], indicating less emotion response control (r = 0.48, p < 0.05); a moderate, non-significant correlation was also observed with insula cortex (r = 0.42, p = 0.07).The results provide evidence in support of the Rorschach Inkblot Method as a valid behavioral measure of emotion response control. More specifically, these results support the use of color-related variables included in contemporary evidence-based Rorschach methods. The results are discussed with implications for the study of emotion regulation in mood disorders and sensitivity analyses based on the observed effect sizes are reported to inform future study planning.
对于众多情绪和神经疾病的研究而言，识别基于表现的情绪调节评估方法是必要的。罗夏墨迹测验中的颜色和形状反应是情绪反应控制的有效测量指标，但尚未针对已知的情绪调节神经相关性进行研究。颜色反应（CF + C）大于形状反应（FC）表明对情绪反应的认知控制较低。本初步报告探讨了形状 - 颜色反应之间的差异与区域皮质厚度的相关性。对一组社区居住的成年人进行了罗夏墨迹测验，并让他们参与了结构磁共振成像扫描。额中回皮质厚度增加与正差异分数[（CF + C）- FC]相关，表明情绪反应控制较少（r = 0.48，p < 0.05）；与脑岛皮质也观察到中度、无显著相关性（r = 0.42，p = 0.07）。结果为支持罗夏墨迹测验作为情绪反应控制的有效行为测量方法提供了证据。更具体地说，这些结果支持使用当代基于证据的罗夏方法中包含的与颜色相关的变量。对情绪障碍中情绪调节研究的意义进行了讨论，并报告了基于观察到的效应大小的敏感性分析，以为未来的研究规划提供信息。
