Enabling Adaptive Processing of Negative Experiences

实现负面体验的自适应处理

• 批准号: 7113433
• 负责人: Ethan F Kross
• 金额: $ 3.56万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2008-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7113433
• 关键词: arousal; avoidance behavior; behavioral /social science research tag; behavioral medicine; clinical research; coping; experience; human subject; longitudinal human study; memory; outcomes research; personal log /diary; predoctoral investigator; psychological adaptation; psychological stressor

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The main goals of the proposed research are to (a) shed light on the basic mechanisms that enable people to adaptively "process" and re-represent intense negative experiences without increasing negative arousal, and (b) examine the translational implications of these mechanisms. My previous research suggests that two critical mental operations play a key role in facilitating such adaptive, reflective processing of negative emotions - a self-distanced, 3rd person perspective (rather than a self-immersed, 1st person perspective) and a "why" focus on the specific reasons underlying one's negative experience (rather than a "what" focus on the specific felt emotions experienced). Building on these findings, the proposed research will pursue the above goals with two specific aims. Aim 1 is to assess the physiological mechanisms that underlie the effects of the key operations described above (i.e., distanced-why strategy). Aim 2 is to investigate the translational potential of the distanced-why strategy by examining its utility for long-term coping with symptoms (e.g., intrusions, rumination, avoidance) surrounding intense negative experiences against a control group. These aims will be examined using both experimental and field methods.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究的主要目标是（a）阐明使人们能够自适应地“过程”和重新陈述强烈的负面体验而不会增加负面唤醒的基本机制，以及（b）检查这些机制的翻译意义。我先前的研究表明，两项关键的心理操作在促进这种适应性的，反思性的负面情绪的处理方面起着关键作用 - 一种自我态度的，第三个人的观点（而不是自我剥夺，第一人的观点）和“为什么”的重点是“为什么要对负面经历的特定原因”（而不是“什么”对“特定的感觉”的焦点）。在这些发现的基础上，拟议的研究将以两个具体的目标追求上述目标。目的1是评估基于上述关键操作影响的生理机制（即距离策略）。 AIM 2是通过检查其长期应对症状的效用（例如，侵入，反思，回避，避免），以研究距离策略的转化潜力，以对对照组进行强烈的负面体验。这些目标将使用实验和现场方法进行检查。