Zhu Leling, Yang Jiemin, Yuan Jiajin
Institute of Brain and Psychological Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
Sichuan Key Laboratory of Psychology and Behavior of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jul 15;15:1403308. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1403308. eCollection 2024.
Critical public events, like COVID-19, significantly impact individuals' emotional and mental health. People tend to use multi-level emotion regulation strategies (intrapersonal, interpersonal and hyper-personal) to cope with these events, resulting in various strategy profiles. However, few studies have examined ER strategies from a multilevel perspective. Therefore, this study examines the use of multi-level strategies during COVID-19, and evaluates the effectiveness of these strategies, with a particular interest in identifying strategy profiles promoting mental health. We conducted a two-wave study (an interval of 1 week) using online questionnaires during COVID-19, with an initial sample of 1,189 participants and 895 samples completing the surveys across the two waves. Cross-lagged analysis indicated that experiential avoidance was reciprocally positively related to negative emotions while perspective-taking and humorous-meme-saving were reciprocally positively related to life satisfaction or positive emotions over time. Cluster analysis suggested that there were 9 different profiles which scored differently on mental health indicators. Specifically, the use of multi-level strategies tended to be associated with greater positive emotions and life satisfaction while with lower negative emotions and loneliness. This study revealed that the use of multi-level strategies plays a protective role in mental health when facing critical public events. These findings expanded our understanding of how multilevel emotion regulation strategies impact mental health during critical public events and identify protective profiles for mental health.
像新冠疫情这样的重大公共事件，会对个人的情绪和心理健康产生重大影响。人们倾向于使用多层次的情绪调节策略（个体内、人际和超个体层面）来应对这些事件，从而形成各种策略模式。然而，很少有研究从多层次的角度考察情绪调节策略。因此，本研究考察了新冠疫情期间多层次策略的使用情况，并评估了这些策略的有效性，特别关注识别促进心理健康的策略模式。我们在新冠疫情期间通过在线问卷进行了一项两波研究（间隔1周），初始样本有1189名参与者，895个样本完成了两波调查。交叉滞后分析表明，经验回避与负面情绪呈相互正向关系，而换位思考和保存幽默表情包随着时间的推移与生活满意度或积极情绪呈相互正向关系。聚类分析表明，有9种不同的模式在心理健康指标上得分不同。具体而言，使用多层次策略往往与更高的积极情绪和生活满意度相关，而与更低的负面情绪和孤独感相关。本研究表明，在面对重大公共事件时，使用多层次策略对心理健康具有保护作用。这些发现扩展了我们对多层次情绪调节策略在重大公共事件期间如何影响心理健康的理解，并确定了心理健康的保护模式。
