Research of positive/negative emotion and the resilience, emotional adjustment and coping method of warship soldiers

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relationship between positive/ negative emotion and the resilience, emotional adjustment and coping method of warship soldiers. Methods A cluster sampling survey was conducted among 1451 warship soldiers by using the positive and negative affect scale (PANAS), Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA), Emotion Regulation Scale (ERS) and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ). According to the test results, 212 soldiers were selected to be categorized into two groups, which were high emotional low negative emotion group (n1=106) and high negative affect low positive emotion group (n2=106). The difference of RSA, ERS and SCSQ of two groups were compared. Results ①Compared with high negative affect low positive emotion group, high emotional low negative emotion group had higher resilience, more positive coping and less inhibition and abreaction adjustment (Respectively: (3.17±0.42), (2.22±0.50), (1.11±0.76), (21.93±5.11) and (25.73±4.66), (P<0.01)). ②The relationship between positive emotion and resilience, expression regulation and actively respond were positive correlation, and the coefficient of correlation were 0.30, 0.24 and 0.42(P<0.01). The negative emotion and inhibition negative coping were positively related to resilience and negatively related to correlation, and the coefficient of correlation were 0.36, 0.41 and -0.13 (P<0.01). ③Regression analysis showed that positive coping, catharsis regulating and resilience can better predict positive affection, meanwhile negative coping, inhibition and resilience can better predict negative affect, accounted for 21.6% and 24.1% respectively. Conclusion The positive/negative emotions and resilience, emotion regulation and coping styles of warship soldiers are closely related. Key words: Positive/negative emotion; Resilience; Emotion regulation; Coping style