Michalska Kalina J, Zhou Elayne, Borelli Jessica L
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2022 Sep;221:105451. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105451. Epub 2022 May 25.
Individuals exhibit variability in the degree of correspondence between autonomic and subjective indicators of emotional experience. The current study examined whether convergence between autonomic arousal and negative emotions during emotion-inducing story vignettes is associated with internalizing symptoms in school-aged children. A diverse sample of 97 children aged 8 to 12 years participated in this study in which they reported on their anxiety and depression. Children's electrodermal activity was assessed while they read vignettes depicting children experiencing sadness and fear. Participants also reported on their emotional reaction to the vignettes. Children's anxiety and electrodermal activity to fear vignettes were associated only at high levels, but not mean or low levels, of self-reported negative emotions to fear vignettes. These findings suggest that hyperawareness, in which self-reported negative emotionality is high when physiological reactivity is also high, is associated with greater risk for anxiety, but not depression, during middle childhood.
个体在自主神经系统与情绪体验主观指标之间的对应程度上存在差异。本研究考察了在引发情绪的故事片段中，自主唤醒与负面情绪之间的趋同是否与学龄儿童的内化症状有关。97名8至12岁的儿童参与了这项多样化样本研究，他们报告了自己的焦虑和抑郁情况。在孩子们阅读描绘儿童经历悲伤和恐惧的故事片段时，评估他们的皮肤电活动。参与者还报告了他们对这些故事片段的情绪反应。儿童对恐惧故事片段的焦虑和皮肤电活动仅在自我报告的对恐惧故事片段的负面情绪处于高水平时相关，而在平均水平或低水平时不相关。这些发现表明，在童年中期，当生理反应性也很高时自我报告的负面情绪也很高的这种过度警觉，与焦虑风险增加有关，但与抑郁无关。
