Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, South Korea.
Psychol Rep. 2022 Aug;125(4):1957-1976. doi: 10.1177/00332941211012622. Epub 2021 May 3.
This study evaluates a hypothesized model describing the cognitive and emotional processes of childhood abuse and its influence on life satisfaction and explores the moderating effect of emotional expressivity in Korean young adults. The mediating roles of early maladaptive schema and state anxiety are explored, and the level of life satisfaction is compared according to the emotional expressivity level. A total of 550 young adults completed self-reported questionnaires, including Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF), Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-SF), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), and Emotional Expressivity Scale (EES). The mediating roles of early maladaptive schema and state anxiety between childhood abuse and life satisfaction are confirmed. In the low emotional expressivity group, the double-mediation effect of early maladaptive schema and state anxiety is confirmed, whereas for the high emotional expressivity group, the mediating roles of each early maladaptive schema and state anxiety are confirmed, as well as the double-mediation effect. Moreover, the high emotional expressivity group showed higher life satisfaction. The study results imply that even though expressing emotions does not result in immediate mood elevation, but eventually leads to higher life satisfaction. The implications, limitations, and suggestions are discussed.
本研究评估了一个假设模型，该模型描述了儿童期虐待的认知和情绪过程及其对生活满意度的影响，并探讨了情绪表达在韩国年轻成年人中的调节作用。探讨了早期适应不良模式和状态焦虑的中介作用，并根据情绪表达水平比较了生活满意度水平。共有 550 名年轻人完成了自我报告问卷，包括儿童创伤问卷（CTQ-SF）、年轻模式问卷（YSQ-SF）、状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI-Y）、生活满意度量表（SWLS）和情绪表达量表（EES）。确认了儿童虐待与生活满意度之间早期适应不良模式和状态焦虑的中介作用。在低情绪表达组中，确认了早期适应不良模式和状态焦虑的双重中介作用，而在高情绪表达组中，确认了每个早期适应不良模式和状态焦虑的中介作用，以及双重中介作用。此外，高情绪表达组表现出更高的生活满意度。研究结果表明，即使表达情绪不会立即引起情绪高涨，但最终会导致更高的生活满意度。讨论了研究结果的意义、局限性和建议。
