The Effect Of The Implicit Association Training task (IATr) On Emotion Regulation

• Main Authors: Wu, Fan-Li, 吳汎歷
• Other Authors: Chiu, Fa-Chung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62939158098128584383

碩士 === 國防大學政治作戰學院 === 心理碩士班 === 100 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the Implicit Association Training task (IATr) on emotion regulation. In Experiment 1, the forty-four participants were randomly allocated to the training group and the control group. The participants in the training group were trained to link the concept of self to the concept of courage, and those in the control group were trained without linking any concept. Later, the participants were asked to observe paired images which include one neutral and one negative image. Their “time to first fixation”, “first fixation duration”, “total fixation time”, and “fixation count” were recorded at the same time by using Tobii X120 eye tracker. Afterward, both groups must complete courage IAT and mood state scale sequentially. The results showed that IATr improved the implicit courage, reduced avoidance of the negative image, decreased the subjects’ fatigue, and boosted their energy. In Experiment 2, in order to check the effect of the IATr, we extended the results of Experiment 1 to the real battle situation by running the exam in the “conquering combat-stress training system” (CCTS). In Experiment 2, eighty participants were randomly allocated to the training group and the control group. After they were trained according to the conditions as that in Experiment 1, they were asked to take the same course in the CCTS. Afterward, the courage IAT and mood state scale were performed sequentially. The results showed that IATr promoted the implicit courage, and the training group increased the nervous score in mood state scale than the control group. In sum, the IATr developed in this study could implicitly modify emotion regulation.