“Yuck”是否意味着“Eek”？厌恶操作后儿童的恐惧反应。
Does 'Yuck' mean 'Eek'? Fear responses in children after a disgust manipulation.
机构信息
Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
出版信息
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;43(2):765-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.10.002. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Disgust is a basic emotion that is thought to play a role in the development of animal phobias. This study was conducted to test whether experimentally induced disgust also results in higher levels of fear and interpretation bias.
METHODS
Children aged 9-13 years (N=94) were asked to inspect a set of specimen characteristic of a novel animal and requested to form themselves an impression of it based on those characteristics. Half of the children were given a set of disgust-eliciting products in relation to the animal, whereas the other half received a set of neutral materials.
RESULTS
The main results indicated that children in the disgust specimen group exhibited an increase in fear towards the novel animal and a stronger inclination to interpret ambiguous situations involving this animal in a more negative way as compared to children in the neutral specimen group.
CONCLUSION
These findings confirm that disgust has a fear-promoting effect.
背景与目的
厌恶是一种基本情绪，被认为在动物恐惧症的发展中起作用。本研究旨在测试实验诱导的厌恶是否也会导致更高水平的恐惧和解释偏差。
方法
9-13 岁的儿童（N=94）被要求检查一组具有新颖动物特征的标本，并根据这些特征形成自己对该动物的印象。一半的儿童被给予一组与动物有关的引起厌恶的产品，而另一半则给予一组中性材料。
结果
主要结果表明，与中性标本组相比，厌恶标本组的儿童对新动物的恐惧增加，并且更倾向于以更消极的方式解释涉及该动物的模棱两可的情况。
结论
这些发现证实了厌恶具有促进恐惧的作用。
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