Martin Shannon M, Quirk Stuart W
a Department of Psychology , Central Michigan University , Mt. Pleasant , MI , USA.
Cogn Emot. 2015;29(1):51-63. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2014.894905. Epub 2014 Mar 10.
Social anxiety is theorised to arise from sustained over-activation of a mammalian evolved system for detecting and responding to social threat with corresponding diminished opportunities for attaining the pleasure of safe attachments. Emotional forecasting data from two holidays were used to test the hypothesis that greater social anxiety would be associated with decreased expectations of positive affect (PA) and greater anticipated negative affect (NA) on a holiday marked by group celebration (St. Patrick's Day) while being associated with greater predicted PA for daters on a romantic holiday (Valentine's Day). Participants completed symptom reports, made affective forecasts and provided multiple affect reports throughout each holiday. Higher levels of social anxiety were associated with greater anticipated PA for Valentine's Day daters, but lower experienced PA on the holiday; this was not found for trait anxiety and depression. Alternatively, trait anxiety, depression and social anxiety were associated with less predicted PA for St. Patrick's Day, greater anticipated NA and diminished experienced PA/greater NA during the holiday. Results are discussed in light of perceived hope for rewarding safe emotional contact for those daters in contrast to the greater possibility for social threat associated with group celebration typical of St. Patrick's Day.
从理论上讲，社交焦虑源于哺乳动物进化出的一个系统持续过度激活，该系统用于检测和应对社会威胁，同时获得安全依恋带来愉悦感的机会相应减少。利用来自两个节日的情绪预测数据来检验以下假设：在以集体庆祝为标志的节日（圣帕特里克节）中，社交焦虑程度越高，对积极情绪（PA）的期望就越低，预期的消极情绪（NA）就越高；而在浪漫节日（情人节）中，社交焦虑程度越高，约会者对积极情绪的预测就越高。参与者在每个节日期间完成症状报告、进行情绪预测并提供多次情绪报告。社交焦虑水平较高与情人节约会者预期的更高积极情绪相关，但在节日中体验到的积极情绪较低；特质焦虑和抑郁则未发现这种情况。另外，特质焦虑、抑郁和社交焦虑与圣帕特里克节预测的较低积极情绪、更高的预期消极情绪以及节日期间体验到的较低积极情绪/更高消极情绪相关。根据与圣帕特里克节典型的集体庆祝相关的更大社会威胁可能性，对比约会者对获得有益安全情感接触感知到的希望，对结果进行了讨论。
