Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Psychophysiology. 2024 Dec;61(12):e14666. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14666. Epub 2024 Aug 8.
Regulatory efforts are hypothesized to affect associations between emotions and physiology (i.e., concordance) to facilitate adaptive functioning. Assessing the role of coping on physiological-emotional concordance during ecologically relevant scenarios can elucidate whether concordance can serve as a biomarker of risk or resilience. The present study assessed self-reported coping as a moderator of minute-to-minute associations between autonomic nervous system activity and emotions (i.e., physiological-emotional concordance) in caregivers (N = 97) and adolescents (N = 97; ages 10-15) during a dyadic conflict task. Models included physiological variables (sympathetic, skin conductance level [SCL]; and parasympathetic, respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]) and their interaction (SCL × RSA) as predictors of emotions, with coping variables as moderators. Caregivers' use of primary control coping (e.g., problem solving and emotional expression) and secondary control coping (e.g., cognitive reappraisal and acceptance) use in response to family stress predicted more positive emotional experiences during the laboratory conflict task. Adolescents' use of secondary control coping moderated the SCL-emotion association, such that increases in momentary SCL were associated with more positive emotion ratings for youth reporting higher secondary control coping. For youth who report more adaptive trait-level coping skills, momentary changes in SCL may reflect active engagement and attentiveness to facilitate more positive emotional experiences. Findings advance our understanding of the interrelationships between physiological responses and psychological experiences during relevant, interactive scenarios. Autonomic responses are differentially related to affective states depending on the coping strategies that adolescents employ, suggesting that concordance may be associated with intervention targets (i.e., coping skills).
监管工作被假设为会影响情绪和生理之间的关联（即一致性），以促进适应性功能。在生态相关场景中评估应对策略对生理-情绪一致性的作用，可以阐明一致性是否可以作为风险或适应力的生物标志物。本研究评估了应对策略作为自主神经系统活动和情绪（即生理-情绪一致性）之间分钟到分钟关联的调节剂的作用，该研究在照顾者（N=97）和青少年（N=97；年龄 10-15 岁）进行二元冲突任务期间，将自主神经活动和情绪（即生理-情绪一致性）的分钟到分钟关联。模型包括生理变量（交感神经，皮肤电导率水平[SCL]；副交感神经，呼吸窦性心律失常[RSA]）及其相互作用（SCL×RSA）作为情绪的预测因子，应对变量作为调节剂。照顾者在应对家庭压力时使用主要控制应对策略（例如，问题解决和情绪表达）和次要控制应对策略（例如，认知重评和接受），预测在实验室冲突任务期间有更多积极的情绪体验。青少年使用次要控制应对策略调节 SCL-情绪关联，使得 SCL 的瞬间增加与报告较高的次要控制应对策略的年轻人的情绪评分更积极相关。对于报告有更高适应特质水平应对技能的年轻人，SCL 的瞬间变化可能反映出积极的参与和关注，以促进更积极的情绪体验。研究结果加深了我们对相关互动场景中生理反应和心理体验之间相互关系的理解。自主反应与青少年所采用的应对策略有关，这取决于青少年所采用的应对策略，这表明一致性可能与干预目标（即应对技能）有关。
