Emotional expression and physical health: Revising traumatic memories or fostering self-regulation?
Emotional expression and physical health: Revising traumatic memories or fostering self-regulation?
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.71.3.588
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发表时间：
1996-09-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Stone, AA
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作者：
Greenberg, MA;Wortman, CB;Stone, AA
从个人创伤披露中获得的健康益处是公认的。这项研究考察了在一个新的创伤性事件中，披露想象沉浸产生的情绪是否同样会增强健康和适应能力。预先被选为创伤现场的大学女性被随机分配到关于真实创伤、想象创伤或琐碎事件的写作。带轭的真实创伤和想象创伤参与者写下了真实创伤参与者的经历。在即刻的后测中，想象创伤参与者的抑郁程度明显低于真实创伤参与者，但他们的愤怒、恐惧和快乐程度相同。与对照组参与者相比，两个创伤组在1个月的随访中就诊次数都明显减少；然而，真实创伤参与者报告的疲倦和回避比其他组更多。想象中的创伤群体效应可能反映了宣泄、情绪调节或构建有弹性的可能自我。
Health benefits derived from personal trauma disclosure are well established. This study examined whether disclosing emotions generated by imaginative immersion in a novel traumatic event would similarly enhance health and adjustment. College women, preselected for trauma presence, were randomly assigned to write about real traumas, imaginary traumas, or trivial events. Yoked real-trauma and imaginary-trauma participants wrote about real-trauma participants' experiences. Imaginary-trauma participants were significantly less depressed than real-trauma participants at immediate posttest, but they were similarly angry, fearful, and happy. Compared with control group participants, both trauma groups made significantly fewer illness visits at 1-month follow-up; however, real-trauma participants reported more fatigue and avoidance than did the other groups. Imaginary-trauma group effects could reflect catharsis, emotional regulation, or construction of resilient possible selves.