University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Behav Ther. 2021 Mar;52(2):338-349. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2020.04.010. Epub 2020 Apr 22.
Cross-sectional research has found that emotional awareness, which is composed of one's emotional clarity and attention to emotions, is associated with psychopathology, emotion regulation, and coping. Not surprisingly then, emotional awareness is often a target of cognitive and behavioral therapies. However, little is known about what emotional awareness is related to in daily life, which would inform how and for whom emotional awareness training should be conducted in therapeutic settings. The goal of the current studies was to examine associations among facets of emotional awareness and repetitive thinking (i.e., rumination, worry, and reflection), emotion regulation, and coping in daily life. We conducted two 7-day daily diary studies (n = 172 in Study 1, n = 211 in Study 2) measuring daily experiences of repetitive negative thinking, emotion regulation efforts, and coping. Multilevel models showed that trait levels of emotional clarity were negatively associated, at the between-person level, with daily levels of repetitive negative thinking and positively associated with active coping. Additionally, daily levels of emotional clarity were associated, at the within-person level, with worrying and active coping, whereas daily levels of attention to emotions were associated, at the within-person level, with reflection. Theoretical and clinical implications for emotional awareness, particularly emotional clarity, are discussed.
横断面研究发现，情绪意识由个体的情绪清晰度和对情绪的关注组成，与精神病理学、情绪调节和应对方式有关。因此，情绪意识通常是认知和行为疗法的目标也就不足为奇了。然而，人们对日常生活中与情绪意识相关的方面知之甚少，这将为在治疗环境中如何以及针对谁进行情绪意识训练提供信息。本研究的目的是考察情绪意识的各个方面与日常生活中的重复思维（即沉思、担忧和反思）、情绪调节和应对方式之间的关系。我们进行了两项为期 7 天的日常日记研究（研究 1 中 n = 172，研究 2 中 n = 211），测量日常重复消极思维、情绪调节努力和应对方式的体验。多层次模型表明，特质水平的情绪清晰度在个体间水平上与日常重复消极思维呈负相关，与积极应对呈正相关。此外，情绪清晰度的日常水平与担忧和积极应对有关，而对情绪的日常关注与反思有关。讨论了情绪意识，特别是情绪清晰度的理论和临床意义。
