Marx D, Zöfel C, Linden U, Bönner H, Franzen U, Florin I
J Psychosom Res. 1986;30(5):609-16. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(86)90034-6.
The present study assessed how general asthmatic children's deficit in the facial expression of emotion is that we found in previous studies. Furthermore, the emotional behavior of the patients' mothers was explored. Eighteen children with bronchial asthma (ages 7.6 to 12.6), and eighteen control children were subjected to two frustrating achievement situations. They had to solve a difficult puzzle under time pressure by themselves, and with the verbal assistance of their healthy mothers. Facial expressions of emotion and heart rate were recorded from children and mothers. No deficit in emotion expression was observed in the asthmatic group. To the contrary, asthmatic children showed more expressions of anger/aggression and emotion expressions in total during the last phase of the 'child alone' condition. Moreover, in both experimental conditions they showed more unspecified facial movements than control children. Mothers of asthmatic children expressed more happiness than their controls. Heart rate data did not differentiate between target and control groups during any phase of the experiment. These findings counter psychodynamically based assumptions on emotional behavior of asthmatics and their mothers.
本研究评估了哮喘儿童在情绪面部表情方面的缺陷程度，这是我们在之前的研究中所发现的。此外，还探究了患者母亲的情绪行为。18名支气管哮喘儿童（年龄在7.6至12.6岁之间）和18名对照儿童经历了两种令人沮丧的成就情境。他们必须在时间压力下独自解决一个难题，以及在健康母亲的言语协助下解决难题。记录了儿童和母亲的情绪面部表情及心率。在哮喘组中未观察到情绪表达缺陷。相反，哮喘儿童在“儿童独自”情境的最后阶段表现出更多的愤怒/攻击表情以及总的情绪表达。此外，在两种实验条件下，他们都比对照儿童表现出更多不明确的面部动作。哮喘儿童的母亲比对照组母亲表现出更多的快乐。在实验的任何阶段，心率数据都无法区分目标组和对照组。这些发现与基于心理动力学对哮喘患者及其母亲情绪行为的假设相悖。
