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  • The study investigates how expressing both positive and negative emotions affects the relationship between intrusive thoughts and psychological distress in cancer patients.
  • It was found that lower emotional expressivity (both positive and negative) is linked to stronger connections between intrusive thoughts and increased distress, highlighting the role of emotion in coping.
  • The results indicate that while positive emotional expressivity significantly influences distress levels, negative emotional expressivity specifically affects distress but not avoidance from intrusive thoughts.

Article Abstract

In support of cognitive processing models, emotional expression appears to reduce associations between intrusions and psychological distress. Past research has focused primarily on the role of the expression of negative emotion, or emotion in general, in cognitive processing and adjustment. In the present study, we examined the role of both positive and negative emotional expressivity on relations between intrusions and both distress and avoidance among 93 individuals diagnosed with and treated for cancer. We hypothesized stronger negative associations between intrusive thoughts and both distress and avoidance for those individuals lower in positive or negative expressivity. Results generally supported hypotheses with regard to relations of intrusions and distress in association with positive expressivity. Negative expressivity, however, moderated relations between intrusions and distress, but not intrusions and avoidance. These findings underscore the importance of examining the impact of individual differences in negative, as well as positive, emotional expression on cognitive processing and psychological adjustment.

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