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PW01-130 - Effects Of Positive And Negative Affect And Emotional Suppression On Short-Term Life Satisfaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

K. Yamasaki ,
M. Sasaki ,
K. Uchida  and
L. Katsuma
K. Yamasaki
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Japan Center for Education and Research on the Science of Preventive Education, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Japan
M. Sasaki
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
K. Uchida
Affiliation:
Center for Education and Research on the Science of Preventive Education, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Japan
L. Katsuma
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Japan

Abstract

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Objectives

We examined the effects of affect and emotional suppression (ES) on short-term life satisfaction (LS). In doing so, we considered the dimension of activation for positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA).

Methods

The final sample included the data collected from 398 students (184 men and 214 women). The mean ages were 19.15 yrs for men and 19.84 yrs for women. Participants answered six questionnaires two of which were used for another study. The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule was utilized for assessing activated PA and NA, two subscales of the Multiple Mood Scale to measure deactivated PA and NA, respectively, one subscale of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for gauzing ES, and the Short-term Life Satisfaction Scale for LS. All of them were Japanese versions, answered on the past week.

Results

Results showed that LS was positively associated with PA and negatively with NA, but that its positive association was stronger in activated PA than deactivated PA while its negative association was stronger in deactivated NA than activated NA. The interaction between deactivated NA and ES was significant in men, whose post-hoc tests suggested that deactivated NA was more negatively associated with LS when ES was higher.

Conclusion

This study suggested that activated and deactivated affect differ in their relations to life satisfaction. Moreover, it is likely that the detrimental effect of NA on life satisfaction is larger when the expression of NA is more strongly suppressed.

Keywords

Emotional suppressionpositive affectnegative affectshort-term life satisfaction
Type
Mental health issues
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E1529
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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