Malik R, Krasney M S, Aldworth B, Ladd H W
Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Percept Mot Skills. 1996 Jun;82(3 Pt 1):771-84. doi: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3.771.
The present study assessed the effectiveness of subliminal psychodynamic stimuli in reducing anxiety. 50 male and 50 female college students were tachistoscopically exposed to one of five stimuli: MOMMY AND I ARE ONE, DADDY AND I ARE ONE, I AM HAPPY WITH MYSELF, ONE, or a control stimulus MYMMO NAD I REA ENO. It was hypothesized that men would show a significant decrease in anxiety to the MOMMY stimulus, while women were expected to respond favorably to either the MOMMY or DADDY stimulus, or to both. Results showed that the subliminal stimuli did not produce differential effects on anxiety. This finding did not support previous claims for subliminal psychodynamic activation that the stimulation of symbiotic fantasy with the maternal figure produces positive behavioral effects. Despite this negative finding women's response to the MOMMY message was predicted by measures of self-perception.
本研究评估了阈下心理动力刺激在减轻焦虑方面的有效性。100名大学生（50名男性和50名女性）通过速示器暴露于五种刺激之一：“我与妈妈融为一体”“我与爸爸融为一体”“我对自己很满意”“一”，或对照刺激“MYMMO NAD I REA ENO”。研究假设，男性对“妈妈”刺激的焦虑会显著降低，而女性预计会对“妈妈”或“爸爸”刺激，或两者都有积极反应。结果表明，阈下刺激对焦虑没有产生差异效应。这一发现不支持先前关于阈下心理动力激活的说法，即与母亲形象的共生幻想刺激会产生积极的行为影响。尽管有这一负面发现，但女性对“妈妈”信息的反应可通过自我认知测量来预测。
