Schiffman S S, Miller E A, Suggs M S, Graham B G
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Brain Res Bull. 1995;37(4):369-75. doi: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)00015-1.
The effect of environmental odors emanating from large-scale hog operations on the mood of nearby residents was determined using the POMS (Profile of Mood States). The scores for six POMS factors and the TMD (total mood disturbance score) for 44 experimental subjects were compared to those of 44 control subjects who were matched according to gender, race, age, and years of education. The results indicated a significant difference between control and experimental subjects for all six POMS factors and the TMD. Persons living near the intensive swine operations who experienced the odors reported significantly more tension, more depression, more anger, less vigor, more fatigue, and more confusion than control subjects as measured by the POMS. Persons exposed to the odors also had more total mood disturbance than controls as determined by their ratings on the POMS. Both innate physiological responses and learned responses may play a role in the impairment of mood found here.
使用情绪状态剖面图（POMS）来确定大规模养猪场散发的环境气味对附近居民情绪的影响。将44名实验对象的六个POMS因子得分和总情绪紊乱得分（TMD）与44名根据性别、种族、年龄和受教育年限匹配的对照对象进行比较。结果表明，在所有六个POMS因子和TMD方面，对照对象和实验对象之间存在显著差异。通过POMS测量，居住在集约化养猪场附近且接触到气味的人比对照对象表现出明显更多的紧张、更多的抑郁、更多的愤怒、更少的活力、更多的疲劳和更多的困惑。根据他们在POMS上的评分，接触气味的人也比对照对象有更多的总情绪紊乱。先天的生理反应和习得的反应可能都在此次发现的情绪损害中起作用。
