IJzerman Hans, Coan James A, Wagemans Fieke M A, Missler Marjolein A, van Beest Ilja, Lindenberg Siegwart, Tops Mattie
Department of Clinical Psychology, VU University , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Front Psychol. 2015 Apr 21;6:464. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00464. eCollection 2015.
Beyond breathing, the regulation of body temperature-thermoregulation-is one of the most pressing concerns for many animals. A dysregulated body temperature has dire consequences for survival and development. Despite the high frequency of social thermoregulation occurring across many species, little is known about the role of social thermoregulation in human (social) psychological functioning. We outline a theory of social thermoregulation and reconsider earlier research on people's expectations of their social world (i.e., attachment) and their prediction of the social world. We provide support and outline a research agenda that includes consequences for individual variation in self-regulatory strategies and capabilities. In our paper, we discuss physiological, neural, and social processes surrounding thermoregulation. Emphasizing social thermoregulation in particular, we appeal to the economy of action principle and the hierarchical organization of human thermoregulatory systems. We close with future directions of a crucial aspect of human functioning: the social regulation of body temperature.
除了呼吸之外,体温调节——即对体温的调控——是许多动物最迫切需要关注的问题之一。体温失调对生存和发育有着严重后果。尽管社会体温调节在许多物种中频繁出现,但对于社会体温调节在人类(社会)心理功能中的作用却知之甚少。我们概述了一种社会体温调节理论,并重新审视了早期关于人们对其社会世界的期望(即依恋)以及对社会世界的预测的研究。我们提供了支持,并概述了一个研究议程,其中包括自我调节策略和能力个体差异的后果。在我们的论文中,我们讨论了围绕体温调节的生理、神经和社会过程。特别强调社会体温调节,我们诉诸行动经济性原则和人类体温调节系统的层次组织。我们以人类功能的一个关键方面的未来方向作为结尾:体温的社会调节。