Science of Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학)

Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (한국감성과학회)
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Comparison of Effects of Thought Suppression and Thought Substitution Strategies Using Thought Avoidance Training

생각회피훈련을 이용한 생각억제와 생각대체 전략의 효과비교

  • Received : 2020.10.30
  • Accepted : 2020.12.08
  • Published : 2021.03.31
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Abstract

This study examined the effect of intentional thought avoidance(i.e., thought suppression and thought substitution) using "Think and No Think" task. Two syllable words were selected, and recall test was performed with a single subject group. recall accuracy of them was measured in two recall conditions(cue recall and target recall) and four training conditions(thought, thought suppression, thought substitution, and baseline). The results showed that recall accuracy in cue recall condition was better than in target recall condition, regardless of training conditions, and recall accuracy in thought condition was better than in other training conditions, regardless of recall conditions. Also there was significant interaction between recall and training conditions: For thought suppression. there was no difference between two recall conditions, whereas for thought substitution, recall accuracy in cue recall condition was better than in target condition. These findings indicate that thought avoidance strategies, including both thought suppression and thought substitution, are effective in avoiding the specific thought intentionally, and thought suppression and thought substitution could be applied by different mechanism.

본 연구는 생각/생각회피 과제를 이용하여 의도적 생각회피, 즉 생각억제와 생각대체의 효과를 종합적으로 검증하였다. 이를 위해 연관성이 높지 않은 2음절 단어자극을 선정하고, 단일집단을 대상으로 회상조건(단서회상, 표적회상)과 훈련조건(생각, 생각억제, 생각대체, 기저선)의 정확회상률을 비교하였다. 그 결과, 훈련조건과 관계없이 표적회상에 비해 단서회상의 정확기억률이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 회상조건과 관계없이 다른 조건에 비해 생각조건의 정확회상률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 회상조건과 훈련조건의 상호작용 효과의 경향성이 나타났으며, 세부적 검증 결과. 생각억제의 경우, 회상조건 간 차이가 나타나지 않은 반면에 생각대체의 경우에는 표적회상에 비해 단서회상의 정확기억률이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 생각억제와 생각대체전략이 모두 의도적으로 생각을 회피하는데 효과적이라는 것과 더불어 생각억제와 생각대체전략이 서로 다른 원리에 의해 발생할 수 있음을 시사한다.

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본 논문은 2018년도 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2018S1A5B5A07072789).

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