SGER: Mechanisms of Resilence in the Face of On-Going Threat

这项探索性研究的小额赠款调查了人们对2001年9月11日恐怖袭击事件的弹性反应机制。该项目的重点是积极的情绪如何在面对持续的威胁时允许心理弹性。心理韧性包括克服压力的能力，甚至在逆境中茁壮成长。现有的许多文献都集中在弹性的预测因素上（例如，个人、社会保护因素）及其结果（例如，积极的心理和身体健康）。值得注意的是，很少有人注意到有助于这种能力的潜在机制，特别是在面对持续的压力体验时。鉴于2001年9月11日世界贸易中心和五角大楼遭受恐怖袭击后的持续威胁和脆弱性，包括涉及生物恐怖主义，战争和经济动荡的威胁，重要的是要检查保护个人免受与持续压力相关的负面心理后果的因素。与未来事件的模糊性相关的持续威胁可能对个人在许多生活领域中对未来事件的决策策略产生可怕的后果，可能导致对个人的心理和身体伤害。这个项目研究了三种可能的机制，这些机制可能开始解释积极情绪在实现复原力方面的作用，特别是在面对持续威胁时：情绪复杂性，注意力和对模糊性的容忍。该项目的目的是对一个概念模型进行初步测试，该模型说明了积极情绪如何促进心理复原力。

This small grant for exploratory research investigates the mechanisms by which people show resilient responses to the events surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The project focuses on how positive emotions allow for psychological resilience in the face of ongoing threat. Psychological resilience involves the ability to overcome stress and even thrive in the face of adversity. Much of the existing literature focuses on the predictors of resilience (e.g., individual, social protective factors) and their outcomes (e.g., positive mental and physical health). Remarkably, very little attention has been given to the underlying mechanisms that contribute to this capacity to fare well, especially in the face of ongoing stressful experiences. In light of the continuing threat and vulnerability associated with the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, including threats involving bioterrorism, war, and economic turbulence, it is important to examine the factors that protect individuals from developing negative psychological consequences associated with on-going stress of a serious nature. The continued threat associated with the ambiguity of future events could have dire consequences on an individual's decision-making strategies for future events in a host of life domains, possibly resulting in psychological and physical damage to the individual. This project examines three possible mechanisms that might begin to explain the process by which positive emotions are useful in achieving resilience, especially in the face of ongoing threat: emotional complexity, attention, and tolerance of ambiguity. The aim of the project is to conduct initial tests of a conceptual model, which illustrates how positive emotions promote psychological resilience.