Chwalisz K, Diener E, Gallagher D
University of Illinois, Psychology Department, Champaign 61820.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1988 May;54(5):820-8. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.54.5.820.
We interviewed spinal-cord-injured, other handicapped, and nonhandicapped subjects to investigate the relation between the perception of autonomic arousal and experienced emotion. The three groups differed significantly on only one measure of affect intensity, with the spinal-cord-injured subjects more often reporting stronger fear in their lives now compared with the past. In addition, spinal-cord-injured subjects often described intense emotional experiences. Spinal-cord-injured subjects who differed in their level of autonomic feedback differed in intensity on several measures. Subjects with greater autonomic feedback tended to report more intense levels of negative emotions. The findings indicate that the perception of autonomic arousal may not be necessary for emotional experience. There were weak trends in our data, however, suggesting that the perception of arousal may enhance the experience of emotional intensity. The subjective well-being reports of the handicapped groups were comparable to those of nonhandicapped subjects, indicating successful coping with their disability.
我们采访了脊髓损伤者、其他残障人士和非残障受试者，以研究自主唤醒感知与所体验到的情绪之间的关系。三组仅在一种情感强度测量指标上存在显著差异，脊髓损伤受试者比过去更频繁地报告他们现在生活中有更强烈的恐惧。此外，脊髓损伤受试者经常描述强烈的情感体验。自主反馈水平不同的脊髓损伤受试者在多项测量指标上的强度也不同。自主反馈较多的受试者往往报告有更强烈的负面情绪水平。研究结果表明，自主唤醒的感知对于情感体验可能并非必要。然而，我们的数据中有一些微弱的趋势，表明唤醒的感知可能会增强情感强度的体验。残障组的主观幸福感报告与非残障受试者相当，表明他们成功应对了自身的残疾状况。
