When and for whom does crying improve mood? A daily diary study of 1004 crying episodes

被引：27

作者：

Bylsma, Lauren M. ^{[1
]}

Croon, Marcel A. ^{[2
]}

Vingerhoets, Ad. J. J. M. ^{[3
]}

Rottenberg, Jonathan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, Tampa, FL 33620 USA

[2] Tilburg Univ, Dept Methodol & Stat, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

[3] Tilburg Univ, Clin Psychol Sect, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY | 2011年 / 45卷 / 04期

关键词：

Crying; Mood; Affect; Context; Individual differences; Daily diary; Naturalistic; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; PERSONALITY; VARIABILITY; DEPRESSION; MOMENTARY; GENDER; TEARS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jrp.2011.04.007

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

We aimed to examine the connections between individual affective characteristics and crying, and to evaluate Rottenberg, Bylsma, and Vingerhoets' (2008) framework for studying crying and mood. We analyzed the relationship among features of the social environment, mood characteristics of the crier, crying frequency/urge to cry, and mood change across 1004 detailed crying episodes sampled from 97 females. Urge to cry and crying frequency were associated with poorer mood, and urge to cry was associated with greater mood variability. Poorer mood was observed both before and after crying episodes, and one-third of crying episodes resulted in reported mood improvement following crying. Benefits of crying, when they occur, are shaped by the social environment and the affective characteristics of the crier. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：385 / 392

页数：8

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