Fergus Thomas A, Tyra Alexandra T, Ginty Annie T
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
J Cogn Psychother. 2024 Aug 16. doi: 10.1891/JCP-2024-0015.
There is emerging interest in understanding positive affect dysfunction in relation to anxiety, including worry. This set of two studies examined the association between the inhibition of affect expression (general affect expressivity in Study 1, positive affect expressivity in Study 2) and worry, with a particular interest in the moderating role of proneness to experience positive affect. Subjects were US-residing adults (Study 1 = 502, Study 2 = 250) who were recruited through a crowdsourcing website and completed self-report measures of study variables. Moderated regression was used to examine study predictions that affect expression would negatively correlate with worry when coupled with diminished positive affect. Proneness toward negative affect was included as a covariate within multivariate analyses. An interactive effect between affect expressivity and positive affect was supported in Study 2 (positive affect expressivity) but not Study 1 (general affect expressivity) in relation to worry. A diminished tendency to express positive affect was associated with greater worry when coupled with less positive affect. Study results and future directions are discussed in terms of the potential emotion-regulatory functions of positive affect expressivity as it relates to worry.
人们越来越关注理解与焦虑（包括担忧）相关的积极情绪功能失调。这两项研究考察了情感表达抑制（研究1中的一般情感表达能力，研究2中的积极情感表达能力）与担忧之间的关联，特别关注体验积极情绪倾向的调节作用。研究对象为居住在美国的成年人（研究1 = 502人，研究2 = 250人），他们通过众包网站招募而来，并完成了关于研究变量的自我报告测量。采用调节回归分析来检验研究预测，即当积极情绪减少时，情感表达与担忧呈负相关。在多变量分析中，将消极情绪倾向作为协变量纳入。研究2（积极情感表达能力）支持了情感表达能力与积极情绪之间的交互作用与担忧有关，但研究1（一般情感表达能力）未支持这一点。当积极情绪较少时，积极情感表达倾向的降低与更多的担忧相关。研究结果及未来方向将根据积极情感表达能力与担忧相关的潜在情绪调节功能进行讨论。
