スピーチ課題における感情統制技法としての認知作業 : ―注意転換の効果―

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine effects of cognitive distraction on emotion regulation during a speech task. We used crypt-arithmetic puzzles as a distraction task, and measured subjective emotional states, autonomic responses such as heart rate (HR), skin conductance level (SCL), and speech performance. Sixteen normal healthy participants were divided into a control group and a distraction group randomly. As results, the distraction group showed lower subjective anxiety before the speech, lower HR during the speech, and subjective perception of speech performance was higher compared to control group. To summarize these results, the distraction had immediate suppressive effects on anxiety-like emotional responses during the speech. We discussed these results from the point of the role of cognitive distraction on emotion regulation.