Gross J J, Levenson R W
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1993 Jun;64(6):970-86. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.64.6.970.
This study examined the effects of emotional suppression, a form of emotion regulation defined as the conscious inhibition of emotional expressive behavior while emotionally aroused. Ss (43 men and 42 women) watched a short disgust-eliciting film while their behavioral, physiological, and subjective responses were recorded. Ss were told to watch the film (no suppression condition) or to watch the film while behaving "in such a way that a person watching you would not know you were feeling anything" (suppression condition). Suppression reduced expressive behavior and produced a mixed physiological state characterized by decreased somatic activity and decreased heart rate, along with increased blinking and indications of increased sympathetic nervous system activity (in other cardiovascular measures and in electrodermal responding). Suppression had no impact on the subjective experience of emotion. There were no sex differences in the effects of suppression.
本研究考察了情绪抑制（一种情绪调节形式，定义为在情绪唤起时有意识地抑制情绪表达行为）的影响。被试（43名男性和42名女性）观看一部引发厌恶情绪的短片，同时记录他们的行为、生理和主观反应。被试被告知观看影片（无抑制条件）或在观看影片时表现得“让观看你的人看不出你有任何感受”（抑制条件）。抑制减少了表达行为，并产生了一种混合的生理状态，其特征为躯体活动减少、心率降低，同时眨眼增加以及交感神经系统活动增加（在其他心血管指标和皮肤电反应方面）。抑制对情绪的主观体验没有影响。抑制的效果不存在性别差异。
