Lian Wen, Zhu Xinyi, Xu Tingting, Fan Lu, Sun Yuqi
Department of Psychology, School of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
Department of Psychology, Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Depress Anxiety. 2025 Feb 27;2025:8658973. doi: 10.1155/da/8658973. eCollection 2025.
Emotional granularity (EG), the ability to finely distinguish emotional experiences, plays a crucial role in emotion regulation and social interactions. This study measures EG using a standardized experimental procedure and assesses related variables through questionnaires. We employ both undirected graphical Gaussian models (GGM) and directed Bayesian network analysis (NA) to investigate how positive EG (PEG) and negative EG (NEG), in conjunction with emotion regulation, uniquely influences social anxiety and interpersonal relationships. The sample comprised 407 junior high school students from China, aged 13-14 years old. We utilized the Photo Emotion Differentiation Task (PED task), Emotion Regulation Scale (ERS), Interpersonal Relationship Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale (IRCDS), and Adolescent Social Anxiety Scale (SAS-A) to measure emotional differentiation, emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, and social anxiety, respectively. The undirected network highlights a pronounced relationship between interpersonal relationships and social anxiety. "Socialization and Friendship Distress" shows the highest expected influence, followed by "Social Avoidance and Distress in General Situations", and "Conversational Distress". Bayesian NA indicates that both PEG and NEG, along with cognitive reappraisal (CR), influence social anxiety and interpersonal relationships. PEG directly affects social anxiety features, whereas NEG is influenced by them. Additionally, females experience more severe issues with interpersonal relationships and social anxiety than males. The study revealed that individuals with lower positive EG directly impact social anxiety and interpersonal issues, and indirectly affect CR. Conversely, negative EG is mainly influenced by social anxiety symptoms and directly affects CR strategies. These findings highlight the importance of EG in adolescent mental health, suggesting that enhancing emotional differentiation could effectively address social anxiety and foster healthier interpersonal relationships.
情绪粒度（EG），即精细区分情绪体验的能力，在情绪调节和社交互动中起着至关重要的作用。本研究采用标准化实验程序测量EG，并通过问卷评估相关变量。我们同时运用无向图形高斯模型（GGM）和有向贝叶斯网络分析（NA）来探究积极情绪粒度（PEG）和消极情绪粒度（NEG）如何与情绪调节相结合，独特地影响社交焦虑和人际关系。样本包括407名来自中国的13 - 14岁初中生。我们分别使用照片情绪分化任务（PED任务）、情绪调节量表（ERS）、人际关系综合诊断量表（IRCDS）和青少年社交焦虑量表（SAS - A）来测量情绪分化、情绪调节、人际关系和社交焦虑。无向网络突出了人际关系与社交焦虑之间的显著关系。“社交化与友谊困扰”显示出最高的预期影响，其次是“一般情境下的社交回避与困扰”以及“对话困扰”。贝叶斯网络分析表明，PEG和NEG以及认知重评（CR）都会影响社交焦虑和人际关系。PEG直接影响社交焦虑特征，而NEG受其影响。此外，女性在人际关系和社交焦虑方面比男性面临更严重的问题。研究表明，积极情绪粒度较低的个体直接影响社交焦虑和人际关系问题，并间接影响认知重评。相反，消极情绪粒度主要受社交焦虑症状影响，并直接影响认知重评策略。这些发现突出了情绪粒度在青少年心理健康中的重要性，表明增强情绪分化可以有效解决社交焦虑并促进更健康的人际关系。
