Department of Psychology, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
Institute of Psychology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
J Clin Psychol. 2021 Oct;77(10):2245-2261. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23165. Epub 2021 May 24.
Two studies were conducted to investigate fear of happiness through the lens of the dual continua model of mental health.
In Study 1, we examined whether depression (indicator of mental illness) and happiness (indicator of mental health) predicted fear of happiness through a Structural Equation Model. In Study 2, we ran a quasi-experimental design to examine differences in affect (positive and negative), happiness and depression when engaging in either fearless or fearful beliefs of happiness.
Fear of happiness was positively and negatively predicted by depression and happiness, respectively. Fearless individuals reported higher positive affect and happiness, and lower negative affect and depression, than fearful individuals.
Fearing happiness might act as a maladaptive self-verifying motive to enhance one's perspective of the world. Given the likelihood of modifying maladaptive cognitive patterns, we highlight different psychological interventions that can address the negative impact of fearful beliefs of happiness.
通过心理健康的双重连续体模型研究了两种恐惧幸福的方法。
在研究 1 中，我们通过结构方程模型检验了抑郁（精神疾病的指标）和幸福（精神健康的指标）是否通过恐惧幸福来预测。在研究 2 中，我们进行了一项准实验设计，以检验在进行无畏或恐惧的幸福信念时，情感（积极和消极）、幸福和抑郁的差异。
恐惧幸福分别被抑郁和幸福正向和负向预测。无畏的个体报告的积极情绪和幸福更高，而消极情绪和抑郁则低于恐惧的个体。
害怕幸福可能是一种适应性的自我验证动机，以增强一个人对世界的看法。鉴于改变适应不良的认知模式的可能性，我们强调了不同的心理干预措施，可以解决恐惧幸福信念的负面影响。
