Mood regulation in depression: Differential effects of distraction and recall of happy memories on sad mood
Mood regulation in depression: Differential effects of distraction and recall of happy memories on sad mood
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DOI：
10.1037/0021-843x.116.3.484
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发表时间：
2007-08-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Gotlib, Ian H.
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作者：
Joormann, Jutta;Siemer, Matthias;Gotlib, Ian H.
最近的研究表明，积极记忆的回忆在情绪调节中起着重要作用。在这项研究中，作者检查了目前抑郁，以前抑郁和从未抑郁的参与者通过回忆积极记忆或通过分心来调节悲伤情绪的能力。尽管所有参与者在分心时的情绪都有所改善，但在回忆积极记忆的指导下，从未抑郁的参与者的情绪有所改善，而以前抑郁的参与者的悲伤情绪保持不变。值得注意的是，抑郁的参与者在回忆起积极的记忆后，他们的悲伤情绪会恶化。这些结果表明，抑郁症与使用积极回忆来调节悲伤情绪的能力受损有关，并且这种损害在恢复后仍然明显。
Recent research suggests that the recall of positive memories plays an important role in mood regulation. In this study, the authors examined the ability of currently depressed, formerly depressed, and never-depressed participants to regulate sad mood through the recall of positive memories or through distraction. Although improvement in mood was found for all participants in response to distraction, under instructions to recall positive memories, never-depressed participants' moods improved, whereas formerly depressed participants' sad moods remained unchanged. It is important to note that depressed participants exhibited a worsening of their sad moods after recalling positive memories. These results suggest both that depression is associated with an impaired ability to use positive recall to regulate a sad mood and that this impairment continues to be evident following recovery.