Camilo Jose Cela University.
University of Malaga.
Behav Ther. 2024 Sep;55(5):1004-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.02.009. Epub 2024 Mar 6.
Successful emotion regulation is a critical component of mental health, and difficulties with emotion regulation have been associated with a wide range of disorders, including anxiety and depressive disorders. However, although much is known about commonly used forms of emotion regulation such as cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression, the relative contribution of two important facets of emotion regulation-frequency and self-efficacy-is not yet clearly established. To address this issue, we conducted two studies. Study 1 employed a community sample (cross-sectional N = 431; 4- to 5-month longitudinal N = 182). Study 2 employed a clinical sample (cross-sectional N = 132). Both assessed emotion regulation frequency and self-efficacy, as well as affective outcomes (anxiety and depressive symptoms). Findings indicated cognitive reappraisal self-efficacy appears to be a relevant variable understanding negative affect outcomes, cross-sectionally, longitudinally and in the clinical sample. Our findings support the process model of emotion regulation in affective symptomatology. Implications for theory and treatment are discussed.
成功的情绪调节是心理健康的一个关键组成部分，而情绪调节困难与广泛的障碍有关，包括焦虑和抑郁障碍。然而，尽管人们对认知重评和表达抑制等常用的情绪调节方式有了很多了解，但情绪调节的两个重要方面——频率和自我效能——的相对贡献还没有明确确定。为了解决这个问题，我们进行了两项研究。研究 1 采用了社区样本（横断面 N=431；4 到 5 个月的纵向 N=182）。研究 2 采用了临床样本（横断面 N=132）。这两项研究都评估了情绪调节的频率和自我效能，以及情感结果（焦虑和抑郁症状）。研究结果表明，认知重评自我效能似乎是理解负性情感结果的一个相关变量，无论是在横断面上、纵向上还是在临床样本中。我们的研究结果支持情绪调节在情感症状学中的过程模型。讨论了对理论和治疗的影响。
