Eldesouky Lameese, English Tammy
The American University in Cairo.
Washington University in St. Louis.
Motiv Emot. 2023 Jun;47(3):381-398. doi: 10.1007/s11031-022-09999-2. Epub 2022 Dec 17.
We examined the role of impression management motives and utility beliefs in predicting suppression. In Study 1, 222 participants were assigned one of four motives (warmth, competence, pro-hedonic, control) during a job interview and reported their strategy use. In Study 2, 150 participants completed 9 days of experience sampling surveys assessing momentary emotion regulation motives and strategy use. In both studies, participants reported suppression utility beliefs. Lab results suggested a decreased preference for suppression when pursuing warmth motives over competence motives. This effect did not emerge when examining daily motives. In both studies however, people believed it was more useful to suppress negative than positive emotions, and more useful to suppress negative emotion when appearing competent than warm. Utility beliefs did not predict suppression or moderate motive-strategy links. Overall, there was mixed evidence about how suppression links to specific motives. Results suggest suppression is perceived as useful for certain impressions, but people do not act in accordance with these beliefs.
我们考察了印象管理动机和效用信念在预测情绪抑制方面的作用。在研究1中，222名参与者在一次求职面试中被分配到四种动机（热情、能力、享乐主义、控制）中的一种，并报告了他们的策略使用情况。在研究2中，150名参与者完成了为期9天的经验抽样调查，评估即时情绪调节动机和策略使用情况。在两项研究中，参与者都报告了情绪抑制的效用信念。实验室结果表明，与追求能力动机相比，追求热情动机时对情绪抑制的偏好降低。在考察日常动机时，这种效应并未出现。然而，在两项研究中，人们都认为抑制消极情绪比抑制积极情绪更有用，并且在展现能力时抑制消极情绪比展现热情时更有用。效用信念并不能预测情绪抑制或调节动机与策略之间的联系。总体而言，关于情绪抑制与特定动机之间的联系，证据不一。结果表明，情绪抑制被认为对某些印象有用，但人们的行为与这些信念并不一致。
