Effects of Thought Suppression

摘要: Individuals often suppress emotional thoughts, particularly thoughts that arouse negative emotions, as a way of regulating mood and reducing distress. However, recent work has highlighted the complexities unexpected cognitive physiological effects thought suppression. In study designed to examine short-term immunological suppression, participants wrote about either or nonemotional topics with without Blood was drawn before after each experimental session on 3 consecutive days. Results showed significant increase in circulating total lymphocytes CD4 (helper) T lymphocyte levels writing groups. Thought suppression resulted decrease CD3 levels. The implications results for role expression emotion health are discussed. Suppression those is invoked Emotional played an important psychosomatic models disease, which active strong emotions been proposed susceptibility illness (Schwartz, 1990). Reports from clinicians working cancer patients research studies suggest personal coping style suppresses may risk (e.g., Gross, 1989; Kune, Watson, & Bahnson, 199l; Shaffer, Graves, Swank, Pearson, 1987). mechanisms by associated disease far clear, but likely mechanism via immune system (Petrie, Booth, Davison, 1995). To date, there little examining effect immunity, number have Research suggests magnifies emotionality accompanying reaction suppressed (Wegner Zanakos, 1994). Wegner, Shortt, Blake, Page (1990) found