Croyle R T, Sun Y C, Louie D H
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
Health Psychol. 1993 Nov;12(6):503-7. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.12.6.503.
College students received randomly assigned desirable or borderline-high cholesterol test results. Borderline-high Ss rated high cholesterol as a less serious threat to health, viewed the test as less accurate, and perceived high cholesterol as more common than did those given desirable readings. High self-esteem or blunting coping style predicted lower distress after borderline-high readings but did not moderate cognitive appraisal. In Study 2, minimization was again observed among participants in a community screening, primarily among those who had never been tested. Although the never-tested group was younger and less knowledgeable about cholesterol, these factors did not account for minimization. The results support the generalizability of laboratory data on risk appraisal and provide new evidence regarding the nature and determinants of threat minimization.
大学生被随机分配到理想的或临界高胆固醇测试结果。临界高组的学生认为高胆固醇对健康的威胁较小，认为测试不太准确，并且认为高胆固醇比得到理想读数的学生更常见。高自尊或钝化应对方式预示着临界高读数后较低的痛苦，但并未调节认知评估。在研究2中，在社区筛查的参与者中再次观察到最小化现象，主要是在那些从未接受过测试的人中。尽管从未接受过测试的组更年轻且对胆固醇了解较少，但这些因素并不能解释最小化现象。结果支持了关于风险评估的实验室数据的普遍性，并为威胁最小化的性质和决定因素提供了新的证据。
