Feelings into words: contributions of language to exposure therapy.
Feelings into words: contributions of language to exposure therapy.
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DOI：
10.1177/0956797612443830
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Craske MG
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作者：
Kircanski K;Lieberman MD;Craske MG
越来越多的研究表明，给一种情绪贴上标签，或将自己的感受用语言表达出来，可以帮助降低这种情绪，就像重新评估和分心等刻意的情绪调节方式一样。我们将这项基础研究转化为现实世界的临床环境，其中害怕蜘蛛的人反复接触活蜘蛛。使用受试者之间的设计，我们比较了情感标签、重新评估、从恐惧的刺激中分心，以及在这个短暂的暴露治疗过程中单独暴露对随后的恐惧反应的影响。在涉及另一只蜘蛛在另一种情境中的一周后测试中，与其他组相比，影响标记组的皮肤电导反应降低，接近行为略高于分心组；然而，影响标记组在自我报告的恐惧方面与其他组没有区别。此外，在暴露期间更多地使用焦虑和恐惧词汇与恐惧反应的减少有关。因此，也许令人惊讶的是，情感标签可能有助于在临床环境中调节情绪的各个方面。
A growing body of research has revealed that labeling an emotion, or putting one's feelings into words, can help to downregulate that affect, as occurs with intentional forms of emotion regulation, such as reappraisal and distraction. We translated this basic research to a real-world clinical context, in which spider-fearful individuals were repeatedly exposed to a live spider. Using a between-subjects design, we compared the effects of affect labeling, reappraisal, distraction from the feared stimulus, and exposure alone during this brief course of exposure therapy on subsequent fear responding. At a 1-week posttest involving a different spider in another context, the affect-labeling group exhibited reduced skin conductance response relative to the other groups and marginally greater approach behavior than the distraction group; however, the affect-labeling group did not differ from the other groups in self-reported fear. Additionally, greater use of anxiety and fear words during exposure was associated with greater reductions in fear responding. Thus, perhaps surprisingly, affect labeling may help to regulate aspects of emotion in a clinical context.