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情绪健康 Emotional Health
Emotion and Health: An overview
Rakesh Pandey and Anil K. Choubey
SIS J. Proj. Psy. & Ment. Health (2010) 17 : 135-152
The relationship emotion and health has been a focus of scientific inquiry in psychology for a long time but it occupied pivotal position with the advent of Alexander’s psychosomatic paradigm. Since then, a number of affect related constructs have been explicated with potential implications for health. The present paper makes an attempt to review the role of some affect related constructs in health that have been centre of attention in the contemporary psychological researches.
We have reviewed empirical evidences that demonstrate the relationship of such affect related constructs, as emotion regulation, emotional disclosure, emotional intelligence, alexithymia, positive/negative affect, and affect intensity with health. In general, the review suggests that some affect related constructs such as cognitive regulations of emotion, emotional disclosure, positive emotional experiences and most of the dimensions of emotional intelligence have a beneficial influence on the health status of an individual. On the other hand, such affect related variables as effortful suppression of emotions, alexithymia, affect intensity, and negative emotional experiences have adverse consequences for health. As far as the role of valence and magnitude of emotional experience is concerned, the existing literature suggests that high intensity of experienced emotion has an adverse effect on health irrespective of the emotional valence. The potential mediating mechanisms linking various affect related dimensions to health have also been reviewed. Future research, however, is needed to develop an integrated holistic theory of health based on affect related variables.
Rakesh Pandey and Anil K. Choubey
SIS J. Proj. Psy. & Ment. Health (2010) 17 : 135-152
The relationship emotion and health has been a focus of scientific inquiry in psychology for a long time but it occupied pivotal position with the advent of Alexander’s psychosomatic paradigm. Since then, a number of affect related constructs have been explicated with potential implications for health. The present paper makes an attempt to review the role of some affect related constructs in health that have been centre of attention in the contemporary psychological researches.
We have reviewed empirical evidences that demonstrate the relationship of such affect related constructs, as emotion regulation, emotional disclosure, emotional intelligence, alexithymia, positive/negative affect, and affect intensity with health. In general, the review suggests that some affect related constructs such as cognitive regulations of emotion, emotional disclosure, positive emotional experiences and most of the dimensions of emotional intelligence have a beneficial influence on the health status of an individual. On the other hand, such affect related variables as effortful suppression of emotions, alexithymia, affect intensity, and negative emotional experiences have adverse consequences for health. As far as the role of valence and magnitude of emotional experience is concerned, the existing literature suggests that high intensity of experienced emotion has an adverse effect on health irrespective of the emotional valence. The potential mediating mechanisms linking various affect related dimensions to health have also been reviewed. Future research, however, is needed to develop an integrated holistic theory of health based on affect related variables.
