arXiv:2507.10861cs.LG2025-07被引 2

用AI生成视觉反馈辅助情绪重评,降低心理干预门槛。

Visually grounded emotion regulation via diffusion models and user-driven reappraisal

  • 用户口述重评语句,AI将其转为情感匹配的视觉图像。
  • 实验显示带AI反馈的情绪重评使负面情绪显著下降。
  • 图像与语言的情感一致性越高,情绪缓解效果越强。

认知重评是情绪调节的核心策略,通过重新解释情绪刺激来改变情感反应。然而,现实中的重评干预依赖高阶认知与语言能力,对创伤或抑郁患者效果有限。本文提出一种基于视觉的重评增强方法:将用户对负面图片的口头重评,通过微调IP-adapter的Stable Diffusion模型转化为情感一致的可视化内容,保持原图结构相似性,外化并强化调节意图。在20名参与者中进行的组内实验(使用IAPS图片库)表明,带有AI生成视觉反馈的重评条件相比无反馈和对照条件,显著降低了负向情绪。进一步分析显示,用户重评语句与生成图像间的情感一致性与情绪缓解程度正相关,表明多模态一致性提升了调节效率。研究证明生成式视觉输入可有效支持认知重评,拓展了生成式AI在情感计算与治疗技术交叉领域的应用路径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Cognitive reappraisal is a key strategy in emotion regulation, involving reinterpretation of emotionally charged stimuli to alter affective responses. Despite its central role in clinical and cognitive science, real-world reappraisal interventions remain cognitively demanding, abstract, and primarily verbal. This reliance on higher-order cognitive and linguistic processes is often impaired in individuals with trauma or depression, limiting the effectiveness of standard approaches. Here, we propose a novel, visually based augmentation of cognitive reappraisal by integrating large-scale text-to-image diffusion models into the emotional regulation process. Specifically, we introduce a system in which users reinterpret emotionally negative images via spoken reappraisals, which are transformed into supportive, emotionally congruent visualizations using stable diffusion models with a fine-tuned IP-adapter. This generative transformation visually instantiates users' reappraisals while maintaining structural similarity to the original stimuli, externalizing and reinforcing regulatory intent. To test this approach, we conducted a within-subject experiment (N = 20) using a modified cognitive emotion regulation (CER) task. Participants reappraised or described aversive images from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS), with or without AI-generated visual feedback. Results show that AI-assisted reappraisal significantly reduced negative affect compared to both non-AI and control conditions. Further analyses reveal that sentiment alignment between participant reappraisals and generated images correlates with affective relief, suggesting that multimodal coherence enhances regulatory efficacy. These findings demonstrate that generative visual input can support cogitive reappraisal and open new directions at the intersection of generative AI, affective computing, and therapeutic technology.

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