Croyle R T
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
Prev Med. 1990 Jan;19(1):40-4. doi: 10.1016/0091-7435(90)90005-5.
Two experiments were conducted to determine the effects of individuals' beliefs concerning their own blood pressure level on their appraisals of the seriousness of high blood pressure. In Experiment 1, 40 college students had their blood pressure measured and were randomly assigned to receive either high or normal blood pressure feedback. Afterward, they were asked to rate the seriousness of high blood pressure. Subjects who were given high blood pressure feedback rated the disorder as a less serious threat to health than did those subjects who received normal feedback. The results were replicated in Experiment 2 among a second sample of college students. Experiment 2 also revealed that minimization is associated with the belief that hypertension is an acute or cyclical condition. These experimental findings confirm clinical evidence that minimization is a common initial reaction to threatening medical information.
进行了两项实验，以确定个体对自身血压水平的信念对其对高血压严重性评估的影响。在实验1中，40名大学生测量了血压，并被随机分配接受高血压或正常血压反馈。之后，他们被要求对高血压的严重性进行评分。与接受正常反馈的受试者相比，收到高血压反馈的受试者认为该疾病对健康的威胁较小。在实验2中，对另一组大学生样本重复了这一结果。实验2还表明，轻视与认为高血压是一种急性或周期性疾病的信念有关。这些实验结果证实了临床证据，即轻视是对威胁性医疗信息的常见初始反应。
