Skolnick Alexander J
a Saint Joseph's University.
J Gen Psychol. 2013 Apr-Jun;140(2):144-57. doi: 10.1080/00221309.2013.781989.
While many studies find women self-report higher disgust sensitivity than men, few studies have examined gender differences with behavioral tasks in senses other than vision. On a haptic task, we tested the hypothesis that women would report greater disgust but not greater unpleasantness than men. Forty-four undergraduates (29 women) touched 8 out-of-sight stimuli with sensory (unpleasantness) and emotional (disgust) responses recorded. The stimuli consisted of 2 neutral, 2 pleasant, and 4 unpleasant (3 disgust-evoking) objects. No gender differences were found for reporting stimuli unpleasantness. In contrast, women rated their disgust significantly higher than men when touching the high disgust-evoking objects. Unpleasantness of the stimuli correlated with disgust to the objects, but disgust sensitivity (Disgust Scale-Revised) was not a strong predictor of disgust responses. Besides differentiating unpleasantness from disgust, this was also the first study to show gender differences in a disgust-evoking haptic task.
虽然许多研究发现女性自我报告的厌恶敏感度高于男性，但很少有研究在视觉以外的其他感官方面，通过行为任务来检验性别差异。在一项触觉任务中，我们测试了这样一个假设：女性报告的厌恶感会比男性更强烈，但不愉快感不会比男性更强烈。44名本科生（29名女性）触摸了8个看不见的刺激物，并记录了他们的感官（不愉快感）和情绪（厌恶感）反应。这些刺激物包括2个中性物体、2个令人愉悦的物体和4个令人不愉快的物体（其中3个会引发厌恶感）。在报告刺激物的不愉快感方面未发现性别差异。相比之下，女性在触摸高厌恶感引发物体时，对厌恶感的评分显著高于男性。刺激物的不愉快感与对物体的厌恶感相关，但厌恶敏感度（修订后的厌恶量表）并不是厌恶反应的有力预测指标。除了区分不愉快感和厌恶感之外，这也是第一项显示在引发厌恶感的触觉任务中存在性别差异的研究。
