Cole P M, Jenkins P A, Shott C T
University of Houston.
Child Dev. 1989 Jun;60(3):683-8.
The effect of blindness on the spontaneous expressive control of negative emotion was examined in a study comparing 12 congenitally blind children with 12 sighted children who were matched by age, sex, and school. Blind children engaged in as much positive facial display as sighted children when receiving a disappointing prize, although they were less likely to refer spontaneously to their expressive control in explaining whether the examiner knew of their disappointment. Blind children were more likely to engage in neutral remarks when receiving the disappointing prize, and older blind children referred to verbal control of emotion communication. The data suggest that blindness does not preclude the spontaneous expressive control of negative emotion.
一项研究对12名先天性失明儿童和12名年龄、性别及学校相匹配的视力正常儿童进行了比较，考察了失明对负面情绪自发表达控制的影响。在收到令人失望的奖品时，失明儿童与视力正常儿童展现出同样多的积极面部表情，尽管在解释考官是否知道他们的失望情绪时，失明儿童不太可能自发提及他们的表达控制。在收到令人失望的奖品时，失明儿童更有可能发表中性言论，年龄较大的失明儿童提到了对情绪交流的言语控制。数据表明，失明并不妨碍对负面情绪的自发表达控制。
