Department of Psychiatry, Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2012 Jun;37(2):73-9. doi: 10.1007/s10484-012-9180-7.
Emotion-eliciting films are commonly used to evoke subjective emotional responses in experimental settings. The main aim of the present study was to investigate whether a set of film clips with discrete emotions were capable to elicit measurable objective physiological responses. The convergence between subjective and objective measures was evaluated. Finally, the effect of gender on emotional responses was investigated. A sample of 123 subjects participated in the study. Individuals were asked to view a set of emotional film clips capable to induce seven emotions: anger, fear, sadness, disgust, amusement, tenderness and neutral state. Skin conductance level (SCL), heart rate (HR) and subjective emotional responses were measured for each film clip. In comparison with neutral films, SCL was significantly increased after viewing fear films, and HR was also significantly incremented for anger and fear films. Physiological variations were associated with arousal measures indicating a convergence between subjective and objective reactions. Women appeared to display significantly greater SCL and HR responses for films inducing sadness. The findings suggest that physiological activation would be more easily induced by emotion-eliciting films that tap into emotions with higher subjective arousal such as anger and fear.
情绪诱发电影常用于在实验环境中唤起主观情绪反应。本研究的主要目的是探讨一组具有离散情绪的电影片段是否能够引发可测量的客观生理反应。评估了主观和客观测量之间的一致性。最后，研究了性别对情绪反应的影响。123 名受试者参加了这项研究。要求个人观看一组能够引起七种情绪的情绪电影片段：愤怒、恐惧、悲伤、厌恶、娱乐、温柔和中性状态。为每个电影片段测量皮肤电导率 (SCL)、心率 (HR) 和主观情绪反应。与中性电影相比，观看恐惧电影后 SCL 显著增加，观看愤怒和恐惧电影后 HR 也显著增加。生理变化与唤醒测量相关，表明主观和客观反应之间存在一致性。女性在观看诱发悲伤的电影时，SCL 和 HR 的反应明显更大。研究结果表明，生理激活更容易被引发情绪的电影诱发，这些电影能够激发更高主观唤醒的情绪，如愤怒和恐惧。
