Overvaluation of happiness might be a transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology. However, emotion regulation self-efficacy may influence the association between happiness emotion goals and psychopathology. The purpose of the present study was twofold. First, we sought to replicate prior findings showing that happiness emotion goals and depressive symptoms are positively related, but only among those with lower emotion regulation self-efficacy. Second, we examined whether the noted interaction effect would relate to generalized anxiety symptoms in a sample of general population adults (N = 504). Results from regression analyses were consistent with our predictions suggesting that individuals with unrealistic happiness emotion goals and low emotion regulation self-efficacy may be particularly prone to experiencing negative emotional states and psychological distress. Further, study findings suggest the possibility that the noted interaction has transdiagnostic value and it may be important to target emotion regulation self-efficacy in the service of alleviating internalizing psychopathology.

中文翻译：

---

幸福情绪目标和情绪调节自我效能对焦虑和抑郁的交互作用。

幸福的高估可能是心理病理学的一种可诊断的危险因素。然而，情绪调节的自我效能可能会影响幸福情绪目标与心理病理之间的联系。本研究的目的是双重的。首先，我们试图重复先前的发现，这些发现表明幸福情绪目标和抑郁症状呈正相关，但仅限于情绪调节自我效能较低的人群。其次，我们检查了指出的相互作用效应是否与普通成年人样本（N = 504）中的广泛性焦虑症状有关。回归分析的结果与我们的预测一致，表明具有不切实际的幸福情绪目标和较低的情绪调节自我效能的人可能特别容易出现负面的情绪状态和心理困扰。此外，研究结果表明，所提到的相互作用具有转诊价值的可能性，在缓解内在的心理病理学方面，针对情绪调节的自我效能可能很重要。