This study examined emotion recognition ability (ERA) as a predictor of positive and negative affect in two Australian and one German-speaking samples (total N = 469) during the first 2 weeks of major public life restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic in March/April 2020. Individuals with higher ERA did not report more positive affect, but they felt less burdened and reported less negative affect. This association was fully mediated by lower COVID-19-related media consumption and less negative affect after reading an eyewitness report from an Italian city with a high COVID-19 death toll. However, higher ERA was also related to arguing more with close others. For low-to-medium ERA, an adaptive cognitive emotion regulation style predicted lower media consumption and for medium-to-high ERA, a maladaptive regulation style marginally increased the perceived likelihood of experiencing a similar situation as in Italy, suggesting that regulation style may moderate the ERA–affect relationship.

这项研究调查了情绪识别能力（ERA）在两个澳大利亚人和一个说德语的样本中作为正面和负面影响的预测因子（总N＝ 469）在2020年3月/ 2020年4月COVID-19大流行的主要公共生活限制的前两周。ERA较高的人没有报告更多的积极影响，但是他们感到负担减轻了，负面影响也减少了。阅读来自意大利COVID-19死亡人数高的城市的目击者报告后，与COVID-19相关的媒体消费量较低，负面影响较小，从而完全与这种关联进行了调节。但是，较高的ERA也与与近亲争论更多有关。对于中低度时代，适应性认知情绪调节风格可预测较低的媒体消耗；对于中度至高级时代，适应不良的调节风格会稍微增加人们感受到与意大利类似情况的感知可能性，这表明调节风格可能缓和ERA与影响的关系。