Kim Na Yoon
Jay S. Sidhu School of Business & Leadership, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Aug 19:332941241276397. doi: 10.1177/00332941241276397.
Drawing from the motivational emotion regulation perspective and self-verification theory, this study demonstrates the mechanism linking creative self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion in which cognitive reappraisal serves as a mediator. Study 1 ( = 137) conducted in an experimental setting provided evidence for a causal relationship between creative self-efficacy and cognitive reappraisal. Individuals who have higher creative self-efficacy are more likely than those who have lower creative self-efficacy to engage in cognitive reappraisal because they reinterpret potentially emotion-eliciting situations in a way that reduces their emotional impact. Study 2 ( = 206), a survey study, revealed the indirect effect of creative self-efficacy on emotional exhaustion such that creative self-efficacy drives a mechanism that reduces emotional exhaustion by fostering the use of cognitive reappraisal as an emotion regulation strategy. Finally, Study 3 ( = 210) verified the mediation mechanism in the experimental setting, suggesting that creative self-efficacy can reduce momentary emotional exhaustion through the mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal. The findings provide implications for the research and practices on emotional exhaustion by highlighting the motivational process underlying emotion regulation.
本研究从动机性情绪调节视角和自我验证理论出发，揭示了创造性自我效能感与情绪耗竭之间的联系机制，其中认知重评起到中介作用。研究1（N = 137）在实验环境中进行，为创造性自我效能感与认知重评之间的因果关系提供了证据。与创造性自我效能感较低的个体相比，创造性自我效能感较高的个体更有可能进行认知重评，因为他们以一种减少情绪影响的方式重新解释可能引发情绪的情境。研究2（N = 206）是一项调查研究，揭示了创造性自我效能感对情绪耗竭的间接影响，即创造性自我效能感驱动一种通过促进将认知重评作为一种情绪调节策略的使用来减少情绪耗竭的机制。最后，研究3（N = 210）在实验环境中验证了中介机制，表明创造性自我效能感可以通过认知重评的中介作用降低瞬时情绪耗竭。这些发现通过强调情绪调节背后的动机过程，为情绪耗竭的研究和实践提供了启示。
