Labott S M, Martin R B
University of Toledo, Ohio.
Behav Med. 1990 Summer;16(2):53-61. doi: 10.1080/08964289.1990.9934592.
Traditional ideas suggest that emotional expression is healthy, but empirical support for this position is mixed. Adult subjects participated in a telephone interview to examine the relationships among age, emotional coping (ie, laughter and crying), physical disorder, sex, and income level. Results indicated that cry-coping in women and in low-income participants was associated with increased disorder as age increased. Humor-coping had no relationship to physical disorder across the adult lifespan. These results indicate that emotional weeping does play a role in the prediction of physical disorder, especially in certain groups. In the future, researchers need to concentrate on more subtle physiological effects as well as on the psychological and social consequences of emotional expression.
传统观念认为情绪表达有益健康，但这一观点的实证支持并不一致。成年受试者参与了一项电话访谈，以研究年龄、情绪应对方式（如大笑和哭泣）、身体疾病、性别和收入水平之间的关系。结果表明，随着年龄增长，女性和低收入参与者通过哭泣应对与身体疾病增加有关。在成年人的整个生命周期中，幽默应对与身体疾病无关。这些结果表明，情绪哭泣在预测身体疾病方面确实起作用，尤其是在某些群体中。未来，研究人员需要关注更细微的生理影响以及情绪表达的心理和社会后果。
