Fear during pandemic promoted holistic cognitive style: The moderating role of uncertainty.

IF 3.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1037/emo0001207

Xiaoyu Zhou, Xiaoyuan Li, Weiguo Wu, Xinyi Zhang, Alexander S English, Kaiping Peng

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Abstract

The present study explored the link between fear and holistic cognitive style and the moderating role of uncertainty. We examined these effects in a real-life situation: the long-term, global COVID-19 pandemic, which provided a natural context of fear and uncertainty. The current study comprises three studies recruiting N = 1,310 participants. Study 1 compared the link between fear and holistic style in the United States (a relatively uncertain situation presented by the COVID-19 pandemic) and China (a pandemic situation with relative certainty) in the early days of the pandemic. Study 2 examined the moderation effect of uncertainty in the relationship between fear and holistic style by manipulating participants into a fearful (vs. control) condition. Study 3 employed a longitudinal design to demonstrate the effect of fear-related emotions on holistic style change over a 3-month period. Across three studies, the moderation effect of uncertainty in the relationship between fear-related emotions and holistic style during the COVID-19 pandemic was consistently observed. In sum, this study provided an ecological and explanatory mechanism for understanding the impact of individuals' fear on holistic cognitive style. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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疫情期间的恐惧促进了整体认知风格：不确定性的调节作用。

本研究探讨了恐惧与整体认知风格之间的联系以及不确定性的调节作用。我们在现实生活中研究了这些影响：长期的全球新冠肺炎大流行，它提供了恐惧和不确定性的自然背景。目前的研究包括三项研究，共招募了1310名参与者。研究1比较了美国（新冠肺炎大流行带来的相对不确定的情况）和中国（相对确定的大流行情况）在大流行初期的恐惧与整体风格之间的联系。研究2通过操纵参与者进入恐惧（与控制）状态，检验了恐惧和整体风格之间关系中不确定性的调节作用。研究3采用了一项纵向设计，以证明在3个月的时间里，与恐惧相关的情绪对整体风格变化的影响。在三项研究中，在新冠肺炎大流行期间，恐惧相关情绪与整体风格之间关系的不确定性的调节效应得到了一致观察。总之，本研究为理解个体恐惧对整体认知风格的影响提供了一个生态和解释机制。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2023 APA，保留所有权利）。

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Emotion PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

325

审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Emotion publishes significant contributions to the study of emotion from a wide range of theoretical traditions and research domains. The journal includes articles that advance knowledge and theory about all aspects of emotional processes, including reports of substantial empirical studies, scholarly reviews, and major theoretical articles. Submissions from all domains of emotion research are encouraged, including studies focusing on cultural, social, temperament and personality, cognitive, developmental, health, or biological variables that affect or are affected by emotional functioning. Both laboratory and field studies are appropriate for the journal, as are neuroimaging studies of emotional processes.