Burgkart Pauline L, Vuzic Xenia, Fuchshuber Jürgen, Unterrainer Human-Friedrich
Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Center for Integrative Addiction Research (CIAR), Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, Austria.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jan 21;12:786045. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.786045. eCollection 2021.
As evidenced by current literature, there is a crucial link between emotion regulation, attachment, personality patterns, and substance abuse. However, knowledge regarding the exact interactions of these specific parameters in terms of substance abuse development is still sparse. Therefore, this study is aimed to shed light on how two specific emotion regulation strategies ("Reappraisal" and "Suppression") might be influenced by the relationship between attachment, structural deficits in personality organization, and addictive behaviors.
A total sample of 299 non-clinical young adults (Age: M = 22; SD = 3.81; 74.2% females) filled in the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) together with the Adult Attachment Scale (AAS), the Personality Organization Inventory (IPO-16), and the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening (ASSIST) by means of an online survey.
As suggested by hierarchical regression analysis, attachment specifically predicted differences in Emotion Regulation (ER), whereby the AAS subscales "Close" ness (β = -0.38, < 0.01) and "Depend" ence (β = -0.18, < 0.01) were negatively associated with increased use of maladaptive strategies of expressional suppression of emotion, and "Depend" (β = 0.26, < 0.01) was positively associated with increased use of adaptive strategies of cognitive reappraisal.
In line with our assumptions, we observed a more secure attachment system to be predictive for an increased use of adequate emotion regulation strategies. The findings support the suggestion that a focus on underlying attachment-related processes in a psychotherapeutic setting might be a promising way to promote adaptive self-regulation of emotions.
当前文献表明，情绪调节、依恋、人格模式与物质滥用之间存在关键联系。然而，关于这些特定参数在物质滥用发展方面的确切相互作用的知识仍然匮乏。因此，本研究旨在阐明两种特定的情绪调节策略（“重新评价”和“抑制”）如何受到依恋、人格组织结构缺陷与成瘾行为之间关系的影响。
299名非临床青年成年人（年龄：M = 22；标准差 = 3.81；74.2%为女性）的总样本通过在线调查填写了情绪调节问卷（ERQ）以及成人依恋量表（AAS）、人格组织量表（IPO - 16）和酒精、吸烟及物质使用筛查量表（ASSIST）。
正如分层回归分析所表明的，依恋特别预测了情绪调节（ER）的差异，其中AAS分量表“亲密”（β = -0.38，p < 0.01）和“依赖”（β = -0.18，p < 0.01）与情绪表达抑制的适应不良策略使用增加呈负相关，而“依赖”（β = 0.26，p < 0.01）与认知重新评价的适应策略使用增加呈正相关。
与我们的假设一致，我们观察到更安全的依恋系统可预测适应性情绪调节策略使用的增加。这些发现支持了这样一种观点，即在心理治疗环境中关注潜在的依恋相关过程可能是促进适应性情绪自我调节的一种有前景的方法。
