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KMID : 0981220160160020123
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2016 Volume.16 No. 2 p.123 ~ p.140
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Emotional Clarity, Affect Intensity, and Distress Tolerance on Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms
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Lee Chan-Mi
You Sung-Eun
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Abstract
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The purpose of the study was to examine the role of emotional clarity, affect intensity, and distress tolerance on comorbid symptoms of depression and anxiety as well as their differential contributions to symptoms of depression and anxiety, respectively. Five hundred three undergraduate and graduate students completed the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), Distress Intolerance Index (DII), Affect Intensity Measures (AIM), Korean-Beck Depression Inventory II (K-BDI-II), and Korean-Beck Anxiety Inventory (K-BAI). The results of the study indicated that emotional clarity and distress tolerance were significantly associated with comorbid symptoms of depression and anxiety whereas affect intensity was not. Affect intensity was differentially associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety, in which increased affect intensity was associated with anxiety symptoms while decreased affect intensity was associated with depressive symptoms. Futhermore, distress intolerance moderated the relationship between emotional clarity and depressive symptoms, and affect intensity moderated the relationship between emotional clarity and anxiety symptoms. Specifically, low levels of emotional clarity increased depressive symptoms for individuals with low distress tolerance while increased anxiety symptoms for those with high affect intensity. This study indicated common and differential roles of emotional clarity, affect intensity, and distress tolerance on anxiety and depressive symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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emotional clarity, affect intensity, distress tolerance, depression, anxiety, comorbid symptoms
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