Cutting stress off at the pass: Reducing vigilance and responsiveness to social threat by manipulating attention
Cutting stress off at the pass: Reducing vigilance and responsiveness to social threat by manipulating attention
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.651
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发表时间：
2007-10-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Pruessner, Jens C.
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作者：
Dandeneau, Stephane D.;Baldwin, Mark W.;Pruessner, Jens C.
与社会感知有关的人格过程已被证明在压力体验中起着重要作用。在5项研究中，作者证明了早期注意过程会影响对社会威胁的感知，并改变人类的压力反应。作者首先表明，皮质醇的释放在应对压力的情况下与选择性关注社会威胁有关。其次，作者在两项实验室研究中表明，这种注意力模式在自尊心低的个体中最为明显，可以通过重复训练任务进行修改。接下来，在一项实地研究中，学生们接受了训练，以改变他们的注意力模式，以减少对社会威胁的警惕，表现出较低的自我报告的压力与他们的期末考试。在最后的实地研究与电话销售人员，注意力训练任务导致增加自尊，降低皮质醇和感知的压力反应，更高的信心，更好的工作表现。综上所述，这些结果表明了以前因为中心的策略对社会压力后期后果的影响。
Personality processes relating to social perception have been shown to play a significant role in the experience of stress. In 5 studies, the authors demonstrate that early stage attentional processes influence the perception of social threat and modify the human stress response. The authors first show that cortisol release in response to a stressful situation correlates with selective attention toward social threat. Second, the authors show in 2 laboratory studies that this attentional pattern, most evident among individuals with low self-esteem, can be modified with a repetitive training task. Next, in a field study, students trained to modify their attentional pattern to reduce vigilance for social threat showed lower self-reported stress related to their final exam. In a final field study with telemarketers, the attentional training task led to increased self-esteem, decreased cortisol and perceived stress responses, higher confidence, and greater work performance. Taken together, these results demonstrate the impact of antecedent-focused strategies on the late-stage consequences of social stress.