Pavani Jean-Baptiste, Colombo Desirée
PSYCLE (Center for Research on the Psychology of Cognition, Language and Emotion), Aix Marseille Univ, Aix-en-Provence, France.
University of Valencia; LabPsyTec; Valencia; Spain.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Jun;127(3):1271-1291. doi: 10.1177/00332941221135470. Epub 2022 Oct 26.
The present study aimed at (1) identifying the emotion regulation processes that can explain the trait hedonism positive emotions relationship, and (2) determining whether this relationship varies according to which part of the distribution of positive emotions is considered. To this end, the intensity of the positive emotions felt by 84 adult participants, and the intensity of their engagement in savoring, were assessed twice a day over a month period, using an Experience Sampling Method. Participants' distributions of these variables were then related to their level of trait hedonism, assessed with a common questionnaire. Results suggested that, as expected, the trait hedonism positive emotions relationship varied according to which part of the distribution of positive emotions was considered. In their worst times (i.e., first centiles of each individual's distribution), individuals with low versus high trait hedonism differed very little from each other. By contrast, in more favorable times (i.e., following centiles), individuals with high levels of trait hedonism experienced more intense positive emotions than individuals with low levels of trait hedonism. This phenomenon was mediated by individuals' engagement in savoring. These results are discussed in light of current theories on emotion dynamics.
（1）确定能够解释特质享乐主义与积极情绪之间关系的情绪调节过程；（2）确定这种关系是否会因所考虑的积极情绪分布的不同部分而有所变化。为此，采用经验取样法，在一个月的时间里，每天对84名成年参与者所感受到的积极情绪强度及其品味投入强度进行两次评估。然后，将这些变量的参与者分布与其特质享乐主义水平相关联，特质享乐主义水平通过一份常用问卷进行评估。结果表明，正如预期的那样，特质享乐主义与积极情绪之间的关系会因所考虑的积极情绪分布的不同部分而有所变化。在他们最糟糕的时候（即每个人分布的前百分位数），低特质享乐主义者和高特质享乐主义者之间的差异非常小。相比之下，在更有利的时期（即随后的百分位数），高特质享乐主义水平的个体比低特质享乐主义水平的个体体验到更强烈的积极情绪。这种现象是由个体的品味投入所介导的。根据当前关于情绪动态的理论对这些结果进行了讨论。
