Littlewood Mark, Dagnan Dave, Rodgers Jacqui
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Community Learning Disability Services Unit 1, Lillyhall Business Centre, Workington, UK.
Int J Dev Disabil. 2018 Jun 8;64(3):204-211. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2018.1466510.
There is a growing body of evidence revealing emotion regulation difficulties are a common factor in the development and maintenance of mental health problems in the general population, however relatively little is known of the emotion regulation strategies used by people with intellectual disabilities.
A qualitative approach was used to explore the emotion regulation strategies used by adults with a mild intellectual disability in interpersonal experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 participants with the transcripts analyzed using Thematic Analysis.
Three main-themes, each with two sub-themes were identified; regulatory talk (sub-themes of 'self-talk' and 'talking about emotions in beneficial'), avoidance (sub-themes of 'avoidance is bad' and 'avoidance can be good') and cognitive strategies (sub-themes of 'cognitive distraction' and 'cognitive reappraisal').
The main-themes and sub-themes suggest people with intellectual disabilities can use a range of strategies in different contexts. Research and clinical implications are discussed.
越来越多的证据表明,情绪调节困难是普通人群心理健康问题发展和维持的一个常见因素,然而,对于智力残疾者所使用的情绪调节策略,我们知之甚少。
采用定性研究方法,探讨轻度智力残疾成年人在人际体验中所使用的情绪调节策略。对11名参与者进行了半结构化访谈,并使用主题分析法对访谈记录进行了分析。
确定了三个主要主题,每个主题有两个子主题;调节性谈话(“自我谈话”和“有益地谈论情绪”子主题)、回避(“回避有害”和“回避有益”子主题)和认知策略(“认知分散”和“认知重评”子主题)。
主要主题和子主题表明,智力残疾者可以在不同情境中使用一系列策略。文中讨论了研究和临床意义。