Zhang Lijie, Qiao Lei, Xu Mengsi, Fan Lingxia, Du Xiaoli, Yang Dong
School of Education Science, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, 510665, China.
School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Cogn Process. 2023 Nov;24(4):609-618. doi: 10.1007/s10339-023-01147-z. Epub 2023 Jun 22.
Evidence indicates that personal relative deprivation (PRD) can lead to various impulsive behaviors. Given that impulsive behaviors are usually caused by a failure to exert cognitive control, the purpose of this study was to explore whether PRD affects the ability to exert cognitive control on behavior. Forty-six healthy participants were randomly assigned to PRD or non-PRD group. Participants of the PRD group were told their income would lie below the Chinese average. While their electrophysiological responses were recorded, they underwent a Go/No-Go task simultaneously assessing the ability to detect response conflict and inhibit the predominant response. We found that the individuals with induced PRD show diminished ability to inhibit predominant response. We suggest this is because PRD-related concerns consume cognitive resources, leaving less for other tasks. However, we also found that individuals with induced PRD show enhanced ability to detect conflict. This might be because that individuals with induced PRD were sensitive to potentially threatening information (high-conflict No-Go trials) and they can detect conflict with less cognitive resources. These findings may facilitate future attempts to design interventions for relatively deprived individuals to manage their impulsive behavior.
有证据表明，个人相对剥夺感（PRD）会导致各种冲动行为。鉴于冲动行为通常是由于未能施加认知控制所致，本研究的目的是探讨个人相对剥夺感是否会影响对行为施加认知控制的能力。46名健康参与者被随机分配到个人相对剥夺感组或非个人相对剥夺感组。个人相对剥夺感组的参与者被告知他们的收入将低于中国平均水平。在记录他们的电生理反应时，他们同时进行了一项Go/No-Go任务，该任务同时评估检测反应冲突和抑制优势反应的能力。我们发现，诱发了个人相对剥夺感的个体抑制优势反应的能力减弱。我们认为这是因为与个人相对剥夺感相关的担忧消耗了认知资源，留给其他任务的资源就更少了。然而，我们还发现，诱发了个人相对剥夺感的个体检测冲突的能力增强。这可能是因为诱发了个人相对剥夺感的个体对潜在威胁信息（高冲突No-Go试验）敏感，并且他们可以用较少的认知资源检测冲突。这些发现可能有助于未来为相对贫困个体设计干预措施以管理其冲动行为的尝试。
