Effects of Expressive Writing through Self-Distancing on Emotion and Pain Outcomes in Individuals Who Use Emotional Suppression

IF 2.6 4区心理学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI:10.17547/kjsr.2022.30.3.129

Soo-Gyoung Lee, Sungkun Cho

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Background: Emotions are closely related to pain outcomes, and maladaptive emotional regulation strategies such as suppression can exacerbate pain. The purpose of this study was to empirically investigate the effects of expressive writing on emotions and pain outcomes of individuals who use emotional suppression.Methods: Forty university students with an emotional suppression scale score of more than one standard deviation participated in this study. There were 20 students in the expressive writing group and 20 students in the control group. For the expressive writing group, emotions (negative emotions and state anxiety) and pain experiences (threshold, tolerance, intensity, and pupil diameter measured during cold pressure tasks) were assessed before and after a writing intervention.Results: The expressive writing group had lower post-negative affect than pre-negative affect and lower post-state anxiety than the control group. However, there were no significant differences between groups in pain outcomes and self-distancing.Conclusions: These findings suggest that expressive writing can help individuals express and experience negative emotions and anxiety more healthily.

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自我疏离表达性写作对情绪抑制者情绪和疼痛结果的影响

背景：情绪与疼痛结果密切相关，抑制等不适应的情绪调节策略会加剧疼痛。本研究的目的是实证研究表达性写作对使用情绪抑制的个体的情绪和疼痛结果的影响。方法：40名情绪抑制量表得分超过一个标准差的大学生参与本研究。表达写作组有20名学生，对照组有20人。对于表达型写作组，在写作干预前后评估情绪（负面情绪和状态焦虑）和疼痛体验（在冷压力任务中测量的阈值、耐受性、强度和瞳孔直径）。结果：表达性写作组的后消极情绪低于前消极情绪，状态后焦虑低于对照组。然而，在疼痛结果和自我抵抗方面，各组之间没有显著差异。结论：这些发现表明，表达性写作可以帮助个人更健康地表达和体验负面情绪和焦虑。

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Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 医学-行为科学

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5.60

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Stress aims to provide scientists involved in stress research with the possibility of reading a more integrated view of the field. Peer reviewed papers, invited reviews and short communications will deal with interdisciplinary aspects of stress in terms of: the mechanisms of stressful stimulation, including within and between individuals; the physiological and behavioural responses to stress, and their regulation, in both the short and long term; adaptive mechanisms, coping strategies and the pathological consequences of stress. Stress will publish the latest developments in physiology, neurobiology, molecular biology, genetics research, immunology, and behavioural studies as they impact on the understanding of stress and its adverse consequences and their amelioration. Specific approaches may include transgenic/knockout animals, developmental/programming studies, electrophysiology, histochemistry, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, endocrinology, autonomic physiology, immunology, chronic pain, ethological and other behavioural studies and clinical measures.