反事实思维相关研究进展

Researches about Counterfactual Thinking

反事实思维是个体对过去发生了的事情进行替换的一种心理模拟过程。早期研究主要集中在反事实思维的理论探讨和产生过程等方面,近年来,反事实思维的测量、行为意向和自我价值保护功能以及反事实情绪等也逐渐受到重视。文章通过整合国内外研究者最新研究成果,探讨了反事实思维的定义、分类、测量方法、功能以及相关研究的新进展,指出反事实效力作为一种新的测量方法,推动了反事实思维的发展,同时对反事实思维在心理健康领域的应用充满期待。

Counterfactual thinking is mental representations of alternatives to the past to the individual.Early research mainly concentrated in the theory and produced process of counterfactual thinking.Recently,measurements,behavior intention and self-worth protection function of counterfactual thinking and counterfactual emotion are also gradually taken seriously.This article synthesizes plenty of foreign and inland new researches of the concept,the categories,measurements,functions and correlational studies.As a new measurement method,counterfactual potency promotes the development of the counterfactual thinking.The application of counterfactual thinking is full of expectation in the field of mental health.