Butler Emily A, Lee Tiane L, Gross James J
University of Arizona.
Princeton University.
J Cross Cult Psychol. 2009 May;40(3):510-517. doi: 10.1177/0022022109332845.
Emotion-expressive behavior is often - but not always -- inversely related to physiological responding. To test the hypothesis that cultural context moderates the relationship between expressivity and physiological responding, we had Asian American and European American women engage in face-to-face conversations about a distressing film in same-ethnicity dyads. Blood pressure was measured continuously and emotional expressivity was rated from videotapes. Results indicated that emotion-expressive behavior was inversely related to blood pressure in European American dyads, but the reverse was true in Asian American dyads who showed a trend towards a positive association. These results suggest that the links between emotion-expressive behavior and physiological responding may depend upon cultural context. One possible explanation for this effect may be that cultural contexts shape the meaning individuals give to emotional expressions that occur during social interactions.
情绪表达行为通常——但并非总是——与生理反应呈负相关。为了检验文化背景会调节表达性与生理反应之间关系这一假设，我们让亚裔美国女性和欧裔美国女性在同种族二人组中就一部令人痛苦的影片进行面对面交谈。连续测量血压，并从录像带中对情绪表达性进行评分。结果表明，在欧裔美国二人组中，情绪表达行为与血压呈负相关，但在亚裔美国二人组中情况则相反，亚裔美国二人组呈现出正相关的趋势。这些结果表明，情绪表达行为与生理反应之间的联系可能取决于文化背景。对此效应的一种可能解释是，文化背景塑造了个体赋予社交互动中出现的情绪表达的意义。
