Recent advancements in emotion theory propose that emotional schemas—individualized conceptualizations and beliefs about emotions—serve a fundamental function in guiding emotional processes. To critically assess the validity of this suggestion, the current research proposed and evaluated an integrative model of emotional functioning. Two studies were completed using a combination of behavioral (Mirror Tracing Persistence Task), performance-based (Perception of Affect Task), and self-report (Leahy Emotional Schema Scale-II, Cognitive-Behavioral Avoidance Scale, Generalized Expectancy for Negative Mood Regulation Scale, UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale) measures of maladaptive emotional schemas and emotional functioning. Results supported the model and suggested complex interrelations between maladaptive emotional schemas, emotion-processing deficits, avoidant coping, emotion-regulation ineffectiveness, and behavioral dysregulation, with emotional schemas playing a key role in guiding emotional experience and functioning. Given the centrality of beliefs about emotion and emotional functioning in empirically supported therapies, the proposed model may inform future research on mechanisms of change in these treatments.

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适应不良的情绪图式和情绪功能：评估两个独立样本的综合模型

情绪理论的最新进展表明，情绪图式——关于情绪的个体化概念和信念——在指导情绪过程中发挥着基本的作用。为了批判性地评估这一建议的有效性，目前的研究提出并评估了情绪功能的综合模型。使用行为（镜像追踪持久性任务）、基于绩效（情感任务感知）和自我报告（Leahy 情绪图式量表-II、认知-行为回避量表、负面情绪调节的广义期望）的组合完成了两项研究量表，UPPS-P 冲动行为量表）测量不良情绪图式和情绪功能。结果支持该模型，并提出了适应不良情绪图式、情绪处理缺陷、回避应对、情绪调节无效和行为失调，情绪图式在指导情绪体验和功能方面起着关键作用。鉴于在经验支持的疗法中关于情绪和情绪功能的信念的中心地位，所提出的模型可能会为未来对这些治疗变化机制的研究提供信息。