College of Education, Psychology and Social Work.
J Exp Psychol Appl. 2019 Dec;25(4):602-617. doi: 10.1037/xap0000215. Epub 2019 Mar 7.
Trigger warnings are messages alerting people to content containing themes that could cause distressing emotional reactions. Advocates claim that warnings allow people to prepare themselves and subsequently reduce negative reactions toward content, while critics insist warnings may increase negative interpretations. Here, we investigated (a) the emotional impact of viewing a warning message, (b) if a warning message would increase or decrease participants' negative evaluations of a set of ambiguous photos, and (c) how participants evaluated overall study participation. We meta-analyzed the results of 5 experiments ( = 1,600) conducted online, and found that trigger warnings did not cause participants to interpret the photos in a more negative manner than participants who were unwarned. However, warned participants experienced a negative anticipatory period prior to photo viewing that did little to mitigate subsequent negative reactions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
触发警告是一种提醒人们注意可能引起痛苦情绪反应的主题内容的信息。支持者声称，警告可以让人们做好准备，从而减少对内容的负面反应，而批评者则坚持认为警告可能会增加负面解读。在这里，我们研究了：（a）观看警告信息的情绪影响；（b）警告信息是否会增加或减少参与者对一组模棱两可的照片的负面评价；（c）参与者如何评价整体研究参与度。我们对 5 项在线实验（共 1600 名参与者）的结果进行了元分析，结果发现，与未收到警告的参与者相比，触发警告并没有导致参与者以更负面的方式解读照片。然而，收到警告的参与者在观看照片前经历了一段消极的预期期，这对缓解随后的负面反应几乎没有帮助。
