Department of Psychology, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Apr;127(2):577-593. doi: 10.1177/00332941221125776. Epub 2022 Sep 8.
Swearing has been shown to reduce the experience of pain in a cold pressor task, and the effect has been suggested to be due to state aggression. In the present experiment, we examined whether producing a taboo gesture (i.e., the American gesture of raising the middle finger) reduces the experience of pain similar to the effect that has been shown for producing a taboo word. 111 participants completed two cold pressor trials in a 2 (Language vs. Gesture) × 2 (Taboo vs. Neutral) mixed design. We found that producing a taboo act in either language or gesture increased pain tolerance on the cold pressor task and reduced the experience of perceived pain compared to producing a neutral act. We found no changes in state aggression or heart rate. These results suggest that the pain-reducing effect of swearing is shared by taboo gesture and that these effects are likely not due to changes in state aggression.
研究表明，在冷加压任务中，咒骂可以减轻疼痛体验，这种效果可能归因于状态攻击性。在本实验中，我们研究了产生禁忌手势（即美国人竖起中指的手势）是否会像产生禁忌词那样减轻疼痛体验。111 名参与者在 2（语言与手势）×2（禁忌与中性）混合设计的两个冷加压试验中完成了实验。我们发现，与产生中性行为相比，无论是用语言还是手势产生禁忌行为，都能提高冷加压任务的疼痛耐受力，降低感知疼痛的程度。我们没有发现状态攻击性或心率的变化。这些结果表明，咒骂的止痛效果与禁忌手势共享，这些效果可能不是由于状态攻击性的变化引起的。
