Qiu Larissa Shiying, Liddell Belinda J, Wong Joshua, Li Haoxiang, Lies July, Lau Winnie, Bryant Richard A, Jobson Laura
Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
J Affect Disord. 2025 Jul 1;380:637-646. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.160. Epub 2025 Mar 26.
Little is known about how culture influences the daily use and effectiveness of emotion regulation among trauma survivors. This study used an ecological momentary assessment to examine six emotion regulation strategies and their affective outcomes among European Australian and Chinese Australian trauma survivors. European Australian (n = 46) and Chinese Australian (n = 49) trauma survivors completed baseline measures of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology and daily measures of emotion regulation and affect (4 times per day for 7 days; 2239 observations). First, Chinese trauma survivors reported more frequent use of all emotion regulation strategies. Second, for the Chinese Australian group only, interpersonal emotion regulation, problem-solving, distraction and reappraisal were associated with daily affect. Finally, regardless of cultural group, PTSD symptomatology predicted greater daily use of suppression and distraction. This study highlights that while the influences of PTSD on daily emotion regulation and associated affect may be generally similar across these cultural groups, there were some nuances suggesting a need for further research in this area. If the findings are robust, intervention approaches need to consider clients' cultural backgrounds given the potential influence of culture on daily emotion regulation use and effectiveness.
关于文化如何影响创伤幸存者情绪调节的日常使用及其有效性，目前所知甚少。本研究采用生态瞬时评估法，考察了澳大利亚欧洲裔和华裔创伤幸存者的六种情绪调节策略及其情感结果。澳大利亚欧洲裔（n = 46）和华裔（n = 49）创伤幸存者完成了创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状的基线测量以及情绪调节和情感的日常测量（连续7天，每天4次；共2239次观察）。首先，华裔创伤幸存者报告称，所有情绪调节策略的使用频率更高。其次，仅对华裔澳大利亚人群体而言，人际情绪调节、解决问题、分心和重新评价与日常情感有关。最后，无论文化群体如何，PTSD症状预示着更多地日常使用压抑和分心策略。本研究强调，虽然PTSD对日常情绪调节及相关情感的影响在这些文化群体中可能总体相似，但仍存在一些细微差别，表明该领域需要进一步研究。如果研究结果可靠，鉴于文化对日常情绪调节使用及其有效性的潜在影响，干预方法需要考虑服务对象的文化背景。
