Freeman Daniel, Evans Nicole, Lister Rachel, Antley Angus, Dunn Graham, Slater Mel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.
Psychiatry Res. 2014 Aug 30;218(3):348-52. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.12.014. Epub 2013 Dec 14.
Mistrust of others may build upon perceptions of the self as vulnerable, consistent with an association of paranoia with perceived lower social rank. Height is a marker of social status and authority. Therefore we tested the effect of manipulating height, as a proxy for social rank, on paranoia. Height was manipulated within an immersive virtual reality simulation. Sixty females who reported paranoia experienced a virtual reality train ride twice: at their normal and reduced height. Paranoia and social comparison were assessed. Reducing a person's height resulted in more negative views of the self in comparison with other people and increased levels of paranoia. The increase in paranoia was fully mediated by changes in social comparison. The study provides the first demonstration that reducing height in a social situation increases the occurrence of paranoia. The findings indicate that negative social comparison is a cause of mistrust.
对他人的不信任可能建立在对自身易受伤害的认知之上，这与偏执狂和较低社会地位认知之间的关联相一致。身高是社会地位和权威的一个标志。因此，我们测试了作为社会地位替代指标的身高操控对偏执狂的影响。在沉浸式虚拟现实模拟中对身高进行了操控。60名报告有偏执症状的女性体验了两次虚拟现实火车之旅：一次是她们的正常身高，一次是降低后的身高。对偏执狂和社会比较进行了评估。与他人相比，降低一个人的身高会导致对自己更负面的看法，并增加偏执狂的程度。偏执狂的增加完全由社会比较的变化所介导。该研究首次证明，在社交情境中降低身高会增加偏执狂的发生率。研究结果表明，负面的社会比较是不信任的一个原因。
