思维抑制中的言语化和环境线索提示

Verbalization and environmental cuing in thought suppression.

作者信息

Muris P, Merckelbach H, de Jong P

机构信息

Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

出版信息

Behav Res Ther. 1993 Jul;31(6):609-12. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90112-8.

DOI:10.1016/0005-7967(93)90112-8

PMID:8347119

Abstract

Research on thought suppression has yielded a morass of conflicting results. While some studies show that suppression of a thought results in a rebound effect (i.e. a heightened frequency of this thought later on), other studies failed to demonstrate this phenomenon. The first aim of the present study was to investigate whether the method used to study stream of consciousness (verbalization vs thinking silently) affects the report of target thoughts in a thought suppression experiment. Second, the claim that environmental cuing (i.e. distraction by directing attention towards external cues) is the mechanism behind the recurrence of suppressed items was examined. Results indicated that the method used to monitor stream of consciousness did not modulate the report of target thoughts: in fact, no rebound effect occurred. However, results did support the suggestion that heightened frequencies of suppressed material are related to environmental cuing.

摘要

对思维抑制的研究产生了大量相互矛盾的结果。虽然一些研究表明，对一种思维的抑制会导致反弹效应（即这种思维随后出现的频率增加），但其他研究未能证明这一现象。本研究的首要目的是调查在思维抑制实验中，用于研究意识流的方法（言语表达与默默思考）是否会影响目标思维的报告。其次，研究检验了环境线索提示（即通过将注意力引向外部线索来分散注意力）是被抑制项目重现背后的机制这一说法。结果表明，用于监测意识流的方法并未调节目标思维的报告：事实上，并未出现反弹效应。然而，结果确实支持了这样一种观点，即被抑制内容出现频率的增加与环境线索提示有关。