Word use in emotional narratives about failed romantic relationships and subsequent mental health
Word use in emotional narratives about failed romantic relationships and subsequent mental health
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DOI：
10.1177/0261927x05278386
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Klein, K
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作者：
Boals, A;Klein, K
作者调查了在一个有压力的叙述中，词语的使用是如何与悲伤水平以及与压力事件相关的侵入性和回避性思维有关的。共有218名大学生在过去的12个月里经历了一段浪漫关系的破裂，他们使用表达性写作程序对这段关系和随后的分手进行了书面叙述。与描述他们还在约会的时期相比，参与者在描述分手时使用了更多的负面情绪，原因，感觉和第一人称单数词。此外，更大的避免分手预测更多的负面情绪，第一人称单数和第三人称代词的使用，以及认知词的使用较少。相反，悲伤程度的预测较少使用因果词和更多地使用第一人称单数代词。作者认为，认知词汇的使用反映了对压力事件的意义和理解的积极探索。
The authors investigated how word use in a stressful narrative is related to levels of grief and intrusive and avoidant thinking associated with the stressful event. A total of 218 college students who had experienced the breakup of a romantic relationship during the preceding 12 months produced a written narrative of the relationship and subsequent breakup using an expressive writing procedure. Participants used more negative emotion, cause, sensory, and first person singular words when describing the breakup in comparison to describing the period when they were still dating. In addition, greater avoidance of the breakup predicted greater use of negative emotion, first person singular and third-person pronouns, and less use of cognitive words. Conversely, levels of grief predicted less use of causal words and greater use of first person singular pronouns. The authors argue that use of cognitive words reflect an active search for meaning and understanding of the stressful event.