Malatesta C Z, Jonas R, Izard C E
Br J Med Psychol. 1987 Jun;60(2):169-80. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1987.tb02728.x.
Differential emotions theory has suggested that suppressed emotion, and specifically suppressed facial signs of emotion, might be aetiologically associated with illness, and moreover, that suppression of different classes of emotion might be related to differential symptom formation. This study examined the relationship between degree of facial emotional expressivity under conditions of emotional arousal and the presence and extent of various self-reported physical symptoms. Twenty-three adult women underwent emotion induction procedures and were videotaped while they described their emotional reactions. Judges viewed the videotapes of subjects' facial behaviour and rated the degree of expressivity during the sadness, fear, and anger inductions. Correlational statistics indicated that physical symptoms were almost exclusively negatively correlated with emotion expression. There was also some evidence of an emotion-specific/symptom-specific configuration. Although causal inferences about emotion-symptom linkages are unwarranted at this time, the study provides some support for theoretical formulations about the relationship between physical symptoms and emotion and suggests a methodology with which to pursue this line of research.
差异情绪理论认为，被抑制的情绪，特别是被抑制的情绪面部表现，可能在病因上与疾病相关，此外，不同类别的情绪抑制可能与不同的症状形成有关。本研究考察了情绪唤起条件下面部情绪表达程度与各种自我报告的身体症状的存在及程度之间的关系。23名成年女性接受了情绪诱导程序，并在她们描述自己的情绪反应时进行了录像。评判员观看了受试者面部行为的录像，并对悲伤、恐惧和愤怒诱导期间的表达程度进行了评分。相关统计表明，身体症状几乎完全与情绪表达呈负相关。也有一些证据表明存在情绪特异性/症状特异性的格局。尽管目前关于情绪-症状联系的因果推断尚无依据，但该研究为有关身体症状与情绪之间关系的理论表述提供了一些支持，并提出了一种开展这一研究方向的方法。
