Quartana Phillip J, Burns John W
Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
Emotion. 2007 May;7(2):400-14. doi: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.2.400.
The authors experimentally examined the effects of anger suppression on pain perception. On the basis of ironic process theory, they proposed that efforts to suppress experiential or expressive components of anger may paradoxically enhance cognitive accessibility of anger-related thoughts and feelings, thereby contaminating perception of succeeding pain in an anger-congruent manner. Participants were randomly assigned to nonsuppression or experiential or expressive suppression conditions during mental arithmetic with or without harassment. A cold-pressor task followed. Results revealed that participants instructed to suppress experiential or expressive components of emotion during harassment not only reported the greatest pain levels, but also rated the anger-specific dimensions of pain uniquely strong. Results suggest that attempts to suppress anger may amplify pain sensitivity by ironically augmenting perception of the irritating and frustrating qualities of pain.
作者通过实验研究了抑制愤怒对疼痛感知的影响。基于反讽过程理论，他们提出，抑制愤怒的体验或表达成分的努力可能会自相矛盾地增强与愤怒相关的思想和情感的认知可及性，从而以与愤怒一致的方式影响对后续疼痛的感知。参与者在有或没有骚扰的情况下进行心算时，被随机分配到非抑制、体验抑制或表达抑制条件。随后进行冷加压任务。结果显示，在骚扰期间被指示抑制情绪体验或表达成分的参与者不仅报告了最高的疼痛水平，而且对疼痛中特定于愤怒的维度的评分也特别高。结果表明，抑制愤怒的尝试可能会通过反常地增强对疼痛的刺激性和令人沮丧特质的感知来放大疼痛敏感性。
