Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen, 9712 TS Groningen, The Netherlands.
Behav Res Ther. 2009 Jul;47(7):541-7. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.03.005. Epub 2009 Mar 24.
In the present study, we investigate whether people attribute costs to displaying a blush. Individuals with and without fear of blushing were invited to have a short conversation with two confederates. During the conversation, half of the individuals received the feedback that they were blushing intensely. The study tested whether the belief that one is blushing leads to the anticipation that one will be judged negatively. In addition, the set-up permitted the actual physiological blush response to be investigated. In line with the model that we propose for erythrophobia, participants in the feedback condition expected the confederates to judge them relatively negatively, independent of their fear of blushing. Furthermore, sustaining the idea that believing that one will blush can act as a self-fulfilling prophecy, high-fearfuls showed relatively intense facial coloration in both conditions, whereas low-fearfuls only showed enhanced blush responses following false blush feedback.
在本研究中，我们探讨了人们是否会将成本归因于脸红。邀请有恐惧和无恐惧脸红的个体与两个同伙进行短暂交谈。在交谈过程中，一半的个体收到了他们脸红强烈的反馈。研究测试了是否相信自己脸红会导致预期自己会受到负面评价。此外，该设置允许调查实际的生理脸红反应。与我们提出的脸红恐惧症模型一致，反馈条件下的参与者预期同伙会对他们进行相对负面的评价，而与他们对脸红的恐惧无关。此外，维持认为相信自己会脸红可能会成为自我实现预言的观点，高恐惧者在两种情况下都表现出相对强烈的面部颜色变化，而低恐惧者只有在收到虚假脸红反馈后才会表现出增强的脸红反应。
