Background

There are emerging data linking positive emotion to health behaviors, yet the self-regulatory processes underlying this link are understudied. The purpose of the current study was to examine the associations between daily positive emotion and daily attentional focus on physical activity and overeating as well as the moderating role of trait positive emotion arousal recovery.

Method

Adolescents (N = 47) aged 11 to 17 completed a baseline measure of their perceived positive emotion arousal regulation and a 7-day diary about their positive emotion and attentional focus.

Results

Both within-person increases in and greater average daily approach-oriented positive emotion were associated with greater daily attentional focus on physical activity and overeating. Quicker perceived trait approach-oriented positive emotion arousal recovery dampened the association between within-person increases in daily approach-motivated positive emotion and daily attentional focus on overeating but not physical activity.

Conclusion

Positive emotion can elicit a narrowing of attentional focus towards emotionally salient health behavior. Future studies should examine the full mechanistic pathway linking positive emotion to health behavior via attentional focus and arousal recovery.

中文翻译：

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积极情绪与青少年对体育活动和饮食的关注有关：每日日记研究

背景

有新的数据将积极情绪与健康行为联系起来，但这种联系背后的自我调节过程尚未得到充分研究。本研究的目的是探讨日常积极情绪与日常注意力集中在体力活动和暴饮暴食之间的关联，以及特质积极情绪唤醒恢复的调节作用。

方法

11 至 17 岁的青少年 ( N  = 47) 完成了他们感知到的积极情绪唤醒调节的基线测量以及关于他们的积极情绪和注意力焦点的 7 天日记。

结果

人体内以方法为导向的积极情绪的增加和平均每日的增加都与日常对身体活动和暴饮暴食的更多关注有关。更快的感知特质接近导向的积极情绪唤醒恢复削弱了人体内日常接近激发的积极情绪的增加与日常注意力集中在暴饮暴食而不是身体活动之间的关联。

结论

积极情绪可以引起人们对情绪上显着的健康行为的注意力集中。未来的研究应该通过注意力集中和唤醒恢复来研究将积极情绪与健康行为联系起来的完整机制途径。