Simmons Rachel A, Gordon Peter C, Chambless Dianne L
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Psychol Sci. 2005 Dec;16(12):932-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01639.x.
Recent studies in social psychology have found that the frequency of certain words in people's speech and writing is related to psychological aspects of their personal health. We investigated whether counts of "self" and "other" pronouns used by 59 couples engaged in a problem-solving discussion were related to indices of marital health. One spouse in each couple had a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder or panic disorder with agoraphobia; 50% of the patients and 40% of their spouses reported marital dissatisfaction. Regardless of patients' diagnostic status, spouses who used more second-person pronouns were more negative during interactions, whereas those who used more first-person plural pronouns produced more positive problem solutions, even when negative behavior was statistically controlled. Moreover, use of first-person singular pronouns was positively associated with marital satisfaction. These findings suggest that pronouns used by spouses during conflict-resolution discussions provide insight into the quality of their interactions and marriages.
社会心理学领域最近的研究发现，人们在言语和写作中某些词汇的使用频率与他们个人健康的心理方面有关。我们调查了59对参与解决问题讨论的夫妻使用“自我”和“他人”代词的次数是否与婚姻健康指标有关。每对夫妻中的一方被诊断患有强迫症或伴有广场恐惧症的惊恐障碍；50%的患者及其40%的配偶表示婚姻不满意。无论患者的诊断状况如何，在互动中使用更多第二人称代词的配偶在互动中更消极，而使用更多第一人称复数代词的配偶则能提出更积极的问题解决方案，即使在对消极行为进行统计控制的情况下也是如此。此外，第一人称单数代词的使用与婚姻满意度呈正相关。这些发现表明，配偶在冲突解决讨论中使用的代词能够洞察他们互动和婚姻的质量。
