Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about a situation. Participants from 87 countries and regions (n = 21,644) were randomly assigned to one of two brief reappraisal interventions (reconstrual or repurposing) or one of two control conditions (active or passive). Results revealed that both reappraisal interventions (vesus both control conditions) consistently reduced negative emotions and increased positive emotions across different measures. Reconstrual and repurposing interventions had similar effects. Importantly, planned exploratory analyses indicated that reappraisal interventions did not reduce intentions to practice preventive health behaviours. The findings demonstrate the viability of creating scalable, low-cost interventions for use around the world.

Protocol registration

The stage 1 protocol for this Registered Report was accepted in principle on 12 May 2020. The protocol, as accepted by the journal, can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4878591.v1

中文翻译：

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间对情绪进行简短重新评估干预的多国测试

摘要

COVID-19 大流行在全球范围内增加了负面情绪并减少了积极情绪。如果不加以控制，这些情绪变化可能会产生广泛的不利影响。为了减少负面情绪并增加积极情绪，我们测试了重新评估的有效性，重新评估是一种情绪调节策略，可以改变人们对情况的看法。来自87个国家和地区的参会者（n = 21,644) 被随机分配到两个简短的重新评估干预措施之一（重新构建或重新调整用途）或两个控制条件之一（主动或被动）。结果显示，两种重新评估干预措施（相对于两种控制条件）在不同措施中始终减少负面情绪并增加积极情绪。重构和重新调整用途的干预措施具有相似的效果。重要的是，计划的探索性分析表明，重新评估干预措施并没有降低实施预防性健康行为的意愿。研究结果证明了创建可扩展的、低成本的干预措施以供全球使用的可行性。

协议注册

本注册报告的第一阶段协议于 2020 年 5 月 12 日原则上被接受。被期刊接受的协议可在 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4878591.v1 找到