Department of Basic Psychology, Clinic and Psychobiology, Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain.
Center for Research on the Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion (PSYCLE), Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
PLoS One. 2021 May 11;16(5):e0251561. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251561. eCollection 2021.
A growing body of research has investigated the regulation of negative emotions in ecological settings, but little is known about the mechanisms underlying positive emotion regulation in everyday life. Although some evidence suggests that adopting positive strategies is beneficial for emotional well-being, the literature is inconsistent about the effects of positive emotions on subsequent regulatory processes. In the present study, we adopted a two-week ecological momentary assessment to explore the association between positive emotions and positive emotion regulation in daily life. According to our results, the less individuals felt positive emotions at one point, the more they tended to enhance their use of positive strategies from this time to the next, which in turn resulted in subsequent higher levels of positive emotions. This prototype of positive regulation can be seen as a highly adaptive mechanism that makes it possible to compensate for a lack of positive emotions by enhancing the deployment of positive strategies. The theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
越来越多的研究调查了在生态环境中调节负面情绪的情况，但对于日常生活中积极情绪调节的机制知之甚少。尽管有证据表明采用积极策略对情绪健康有益，但关于积极情绪对后续调节过程的影响，文献并不一致。在本研究中，我们采用了为期两周的生态瞬时评估来探索日常生活中积极情绪与积极情绪调节之间的关系。根据我们的结果，个体在某一点上感受到的积极情绪越少，他们就越倾向于在下一个时间点增强积极策略的使用，这反过来又导致随后更高水平的积极情绪。这种积极调节的原型可以被视为一种高度适应性的机制，通过增强积极策略的运用，可以弥补积极情绪的缺乏。讨论了这些发现的理论和临床意义。
