University of Potsdam, Department of Psychology, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany.
J Pers. 2011 Feb;79(1):165-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00674.x.
Repression and sensitization as situational modes of coping with anxiety were examined as predictors of trait measures of cognitive avoidance and vigilance. In this study, 303 undergraduates saw a violent film clip to elicit anxiety. Increases in skin conductance level (SCL) and state anxiety (STA) from baseline were measured to identify repressors (high SCL, low STA) and contrast them with sensitizers (low SCL, high STA) and genuinely low anxious individuals (low SCL, low STA). State anger was also recorded. Trait measures of vigilance and cognitive avoidance were collected 2 weeks earlier. Significant SCL × STA interactions indicated that repressors scored higher on cognitive avoidance and lower on vigilance compared to sensitizers and low anxious participants. Repressors were less likely than sensitizers to report gaze avoidance during the clip. The anger by SCL interaction was nonsignificant, suggesting that repressors and sensitizers differ specifically in the processing of anxiety rather than negative affect in general.
压抑和敏感作为应对焦虑的情境模式,被视为特质认知回避和警觉性的预测指标。在这项研究中,303 名本科生观看了一段暴力电影片段以引发焦虑。通过测量皮肤电导水平(SCL)和状态焦虑(STA)从基线的增加,来识别压抑者(高 SCL,低 STA),并将其与敏感者(低 SCL,高 STA)和真正低焦虑个体(低 SCL,低 STA)进行对比。还记录了状态愤怒。特质警觉性和认知回避的测量是在 2 周前收集的。SCL 和 STA 的显著交互作用表明,与敏感者和低焦虑参与者相比,压抑者在认知回避上得分更高,而在警觉性上得分更低。与敏感者相比,压抑者在观看电影片段时不太可能报告回避目光。SCL 与愤怒的交互作用不显著,这表明压抑者和敏感者在焦虑的处理上存在差异,而不是一般的消极情绪。