School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia.
Cogn Emot. 2012;26(3):561-7. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2011.595775. Epub 2011 Sep 26.
To investigate blushing in relation to blushing propensity scores and core elements of social anxiety, facial blood flow was monitored in 86 normal volunteers during an embarrassing task (singing a children's song). Increases in facial blood flow were greater in women than men, as were scores on the Blushing Propensity and Fear of Negative Evaluation scales. In addition, high scores on the Blushing Propensity and Social Interaction Anxiety scales were associated with large increases in facial blood flow during singing. However, this appeared to be due primarily to social anxiety because the association between blushing propensity scores and changes in facial blood flow disappeared when social interaction anxiety scores were taken into account. These findings suggest that people generally base their beliefs about blushing on cues other than changes in facial blood flow. Social anxiety may augment increases in facial blood flow during embarrassment, independently of expected or perceived blushing.
为了研究脸红与脸红倾向评分和社交焦虑核心要素之间的关系，在 86 名正常志愿者进行尴尬任务（唱儿歌）时监测了面部血流。与男性相比，女性的面部血流增加更多，脸红倾向和负面评价恐惧量表的评分也是如此。此外，脸红倾向和社交互动焦虑量表的高分与唱歌时面部血流的大量增加有关。然而，这似乎主要是由于社交焦虑，因为当考虑社交互动焦虑评分时，脸红倾向评分与面部血流变化之间的关联就消失了。这些发现表明，人们通常根据面部血流变化以外的线索来判断脸红。社交焦虑可能会在尴尬时增加面部血流，而与预期或感知的脸红无关。
