Mayo Oded, Horesh Danny, Korisky Adi, Milstein Nir, Zadok Ester, Tomashin Alon, Gordon Ilanit
Department of Psychology.
Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center.
Emotion. 2023 Apr;23(3):753-763. doi: 10.1037/emo0001122. Epub 2022 Aug 1.
The COVID-19 pandemic has a major impact on mental well-being and interpersonal relationships. Nonetheless, little is known about the complex interactions between one's overall perceived interpersonal closeness and physiological or psychological aspects of interpersonal functioning. This study aimed to understand the interaction between perceived interpersonal closeness during COVID-19 and interpersonal mechanisms in predicting well-being. We focused on two interpersonal mechanisms, one physiological and the other psychological: (a) prepandemic physiological synchrony, a physiological measure of interpersonal coupling, and (b) peripandemic emotional contagion, one's tendency to "catch" others' emotions. One hundred fifty-five participants took part in the study. Cardiological interbeat interval synchrony was collected 1.5 to 3 years prior to the beginning of the COVID pandemic in two previous lab studies. Participants were recontacted during the pandemic, this time to complete several questionnaires tapping into perceived interpersonal closeness, tendency for emotional contagion, and psychological well-being during COVID. As hypothesized, overall perceived interpersonal closeness was positively related to well-being. Moreover, this effect was moderated by one's tendency for emotional contagion or by physiological synchrony. Thus, individuals with higher emotional contagion scores or higher physiological synchrony had higher well-being if their interpersonal closeness was perceived as greater. Conversely, their well-being was lower if they perceived their interpersonal closeness as weaker. These results emphasize that individuals may be differentially susceptible to the effects of their relationships on their well-being. Future mental health interventions should consider both the quality of one's perceived interpersonal closeness and the extent to which one is sensitive to others' emotional experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
新冠疫情对心理健康和人际关系产生了重大影响。尽管如此，人们对个体整体感知到的人际亲密度与人际功能的生理或心理方面之间的复杂相互作用知之甚少。本研究旨在了解新冠疫情期间感知到的人际亲密度与预测幸福感的人际机制之间的相互作用。我们关注两种人际机制，一种是生理机制，另一种是心理机制：（a）疫情前的生理同步性，一种人际耦合的生理指标，以及（b）疫情期间的情绪感染，即个体“感染”他人情绪的倾向。155名参与者参与了这项研究。在之前的两项实验室研究中，在新冠疫情开始前1.5至3年收集了心脏搏动间期同步性数据。在疫情期间再次联系参与者，这次是为了完成几份问卷，以了解他们在新冠疫情期间感知到的人际亲密度、情绪感染倾向和心理健康状况。正如所假设的那样，整体感知到的人际亲密度与幸福感呈正相关。此外，这种效应受到个体情绪感染倾向或生理同步性的调节。因此，如果个体人际亲密度被认为更高，那么情绪感染得分较高或生理同步性较高的个体幸福感也更高。相反，如果他们认为自己际亲密度较低，那么他们的幸福感也较低。这些结果强调，个体可能对人际关系对其幸福感的影响有不同的易感性。未来的心理健康干预措施应同时考虑个体感知到的人际亲密度质量以及个体对他人情绪体验的敏感程度。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》（c）2023美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
