Koster Ernst H W, Rassin Eric, Crombez Geert, Näring Gérard W B
Department of Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
Behav Res Ther. 2003 Sep;41(9):1113-20. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7967(03)00144-x.
In line with the ironic processing theory of Wegner (Psychol. Rev. 101 (1994) 34), it is often argued that the suppression of anxiety-related thoughts results in a paradoxical increase of anxiety and thought intrusions, both after and during the thought suppression. In a sample of undergraduate students (14 men, 18 women), we investigated the effects of suppressing anxious thoughts about an imminent painful electrocutaneous stimulus. During thought suppression, self-reported anxiety and frequency of anxious thoughts did not increase, and duration of anxious thoughts decreased. After thought suppression, participants experienced an increase in self-reported anxiety and the frequency of anxious thoughts. There was no effect upon thought duration. The results support the idea that suppression of anxiety-related thoughts may result in a paradoxical increase in anxiety, and may cause and/or maintain anxiety problems.
根据韦格纳的反讽加工理论（《心理学评论》第101卷，第34页，1994年），人们常认为，在抑制与焦虑相关的想法之后以及抑制过程中，对这些想法的抑制会导致焦虑和思维侵入现象反常增加。在一组本科生样本（14名男性，18名女性）中，我们研究了抑制对即将到来的痛苦电皮肤刺激的焦虑想法所产生的影响。在抑制思维过程中，自我报告的焦虑和焦虑想法的频率并未增加，焦虑想法的持续时间反而减少。在抑制思维之后，参与者自我报告的焦虑和焦虑想法的频率有所增加。对思维持续时间没有影响。这些结果支持了这样一种观点，即抑制与焦虑相关的想法可能会导致焦虑反常增加，并可能引发和/或维持焦虑问题。
