Beevers Christopher G, Wells Tony T, Ellis Alissa J, Fischer Kathryn
University of Texas at Austin.
Cognit Ther Res. 2009;33(3):283-290. doi: 10.1007/s10608-008-9198-6.
This study examined whether dysphoria influences the identification of non-ambiguous and ambiguous facial expressions of emotion. Dysphoric and non-dysphoric college students viewed a series of human faces expressing sadness, happiness, anger, and fear that were morphed with each other to varying degrees. Dysphoric and non-dysphoric individuals identified prototypical emotional expressions similarly. However, when viewing ambiguous faces, dysphoric individuals were more likely to identify sadness when mixed with happiness than non-dysphoric individuals. A similar but less robust pattern was observed for facial expressions that combined fear and happiness. No group differences in emotion identification were observed for faces that combined sadness and anger or fear and anger. Dysphoria appears to enhance the identification of negative emotion in others when positive emotion is also present. This tendency may contribute to some of the interpersonal difficulties often experienced by dysphoric individuals.
本研究考察了烦躁情绪是否会影响对明确和模糊面部表情的识别。烦躁的和非烦躁的大学生观看了一系列表达悲伤、快乐、愤怒和恐惧的人脸，这些人脸彼此之间进行了不同程度的变形。烦躁的和非烦躁的个体对典型情绪表情的识别相似。然而，在观看模糊面孔时，与非烦躁个体相比，烦躁个体在看到与快乐混合的面孔时更有可能识别出悲伤。对于结合了恐惧和快乐的面部表情，也观察到了类似但不太明显的模式。对于结合了悲伤和愤怒或恐惧和愤怒的面孔，在情绪识别上未观察到组间差异。当存在积极情绪时，烦躁情绪似乎会增强对他人负面情绪的识别。这种倾向可能导致烦躁个体经常经历的一些人际困难。
