情绪表达抑制与心理健康的关系

目的:调查中国人对情绪表达抑制的使用情况并探索其与心理健康的关系。方法:采用问卷法收集265名被试对情绪表达抑制的使用及心理健康相关数据。结果:①在较亲密关系中(父母、好友)的表达抑制显著少于较疏远关系中(老师或上级、一般同学或同事),在上级情境(老师或上级)下的表达抑制显著多于平级情境(一般同学或同事);②对负性情绪的表达抑制多于正性情绪;③父母、好友情境下的情绪表达抑制与心理健康有一定相关,老师或上级、一般同学或同事情境下的表达抑制与心理健康相关不显著。结论:情绪表达抑制与情境、情绪类型有关,父母密友等情感性关系中的情绪表达抑制与心理健康水平有关。

Usage of Emotion Suppression and Its Relationship with Mental Health

Objective: To investigate how Chinese use emotion suppression as a regulatory strategy and to explore the relationship of emotion suppression and mental health.Methods: 265 participants were asked to report their habitual usage of emotion suppression and mental health related data.Results: ①The usage of emotion suppression was less frequently in close relationship(e.g.,parents and close friends) than in distant relationship(e.g.,teacher or supervisor,classmates or colleagues).Emotion suppression was more used in front of higher authorities(e.g.,teachers or supervisors) than towards peers(e.g.,classmates or colleagues);②Suppression of negative emotions was used more frequently than positive emotions;③Emotion suppression towards parents and close friends was related to mental health whereas the correlation of mental health and emotion suppression towards teachers or supervisors and classmates and colleagues was not significant.Conclusion: Usage of emotion suppression is related to context and emotion type.Emotion suppression in expressive tie(e.g.,towards parents and close friends) is related to mental health.