MONITORING AND BLUNTING - VALIDATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO ASSESS STYLES OF INFORMATION SEEKING UNDER THREAT
MONITORING AND BLUNTING - VALIDATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO ASSESS STYLES OF INFORMATION SEEKING UNDER THREAT
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.52.2.345
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发表时间：
1987-02-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
MILLER, SM
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作者：
MILLER, SM
根据被试在米勒行为风格量表（MBSS）中的自我报告得分，将被试分为信息寻求者（高监控者）/信息回避者（低监控者）和干扰者（高钝者）/非干扰者（低钝者）。在实验1中，受试者面对身体厌恶事件（电击的前景）。高监测者和低迟钝者选择寻找有关其性质和发作的信息，而低监测者和高迟钝者选择分散注意力。这种效应在钝化维度上最强。高监测和低钝化也伴随着持续的高焦虑和高觉醒。相比之下，低监视器和高钝器能够随着时间的推移放松自己。在实验2中，受试者完成了一系列测试，这些测试可能预示着他们在大学里的成功。只要他们愿意，他们可以随时参加，灯光显示出他们的表现有多好。结果显示，应对风格得分准确地预测了信息策略，特别是在监控维度：高监控倾向于看光，而低监控倾向于忽略它。因此，MBSS对应对方式的测量似乎是预测应对生理和心理压力源的行为策略的有效工具。讨论了这些发现的理论和实践意义。（PsycINFO数据库记录(c) 2016 APA，版权所有）
Subjects were divided into information seekers (high monitors)/information avoiders (low monitors) and distractors (high blunters)/nondistractors (low blunters) on the basis of their scores on a self-report scale to measure coping styles, the Miller Behavioral Style Scale (MBSS). In Experiment 1, subjects were faced with a physically aversive event (the prospect of electric shock). High monitors and low blunters chose to seek out information about its nature and onset whereas low monitors and high blunters chose to distract themselves. This effect was strongest with the blunting dimension. High monitoring and low blunting were also accompanied by sustained high anxiety and arousal. In contrast, low monitors and high blunters were able to relax themselves over time. In Experiment 2, subjects worked on a series of tests that presumably predicted success in college. They could attend as often as they wished to a light that signaled how well they were performing. Results showed that coping-style scores accurately predicted informational strategy, particularly with the monitoring dimension: High monitors tended to look at the light whereas low monitors tended to ignore it. Thus the MBSS measure of coping styles appears to be a valid instrument for predicting behavioral strategies in response to both physical and psychological stressors. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)