Complicated Grief and Deficits in Emotional Expressive Flexibility
Complicated Grief and Deficits in Emotional Expressive Flexibility
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DOI：
10.1037/a0023541
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Bonanno, George A.
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作者：
Gupta, Sumati;Bonanno, George A.
越来越多的证据表明，情绪调节的缺陷可能是丧亲后适应不良反应的核心。表达的灵活性，或者灵活地增强或抑制情绪表达的能力，似乎对高度厌恶事件后的调整特别重要（Bonanno，Papa，Lalande，Westphal，& Coifman，2004）。在这项研究中，我们比较了1.5-3年前失去配偶的丧亲成年人和已婚成年人的表达灵活性。大约一半的丧失亲人的成年人有复杂的悲伤（CG），一半是无症状的。使用受试者内设计，我们要求所有参与者在电脑屏幕上观看令人回味的图片时，要么增强或抑制他们的情感表达，要么表现正常。观察员的表现力评级盲目的条件下，没有显示出整体情绪的组间差异。然而，失去亲人的成年人患有CG表现出赤字的表达灵活性。具体而言，CG组相对于无症状的丧亲和已婚成年人，增强和抑制情绪表达的能力较弱。
There is growing evidence that deficits in emotion regulation may be at the heart of maladaptive reactions after bereavement. Expressive flexibility, or the ability to flexibly enhance or suppress emotional expression, appears to be especially important for adjustment in the aftermath of highly aversive events (Bonanno, Papa, Lalande, Westphal, & Coifman, 2004). In this study, we compared expressive flexibility in a sample of bereaved adults who lost their spouse 1.5-3 years earlier and a comparable sample of married adults. Approximately half of the bereaved adults had Complicated Grief (CG) and half were asymptomatic. Using a within-subjects design, we asked all participants to either enhance or suppress their expressions of emotion or to behave normally while viewing evocative pictures at a computer screen. Observer ratings of expressiveness made blind to condition showed no group differences in overall emotion. However, bereaved adults suffering from CG exhibited deficits in expressive flexibility. Specifically, the CG group was less able to enhance and less able to suppress emotional expression relative to asymptomatic bereaved and married adults.