Behavioral inhibition and amplification during emotional arousal: A comparison of two age groups
Behavioral inhibition and amplification during emotional arousal: A comparison of two age groups
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DOI：
10.1037/0882-7974.20.1.144
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Levenson, RW
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作者：
Kunzmann, U;Kupperbusch, CS;Levenson, RW
本研究调查了情绪唤醒时抑制和放大表达行为能力的年龄差异。年轻和年老的参与者观看了3个关于医疗程序的电影片段，同时记录了他们的行为、自主和主观反应。一半的参与者在没有额外指示的情况下观看了全部3部电影；另一半被要求在看第二部和第三部电影时抑制或放大他们的行为表达。除心率外，抑制和放大产生相似的自主神经激活模式。抑制和放大对自我报告的情绪都没有影响。在抑制或放大情绪表达的能力或其生理或主观后果方面，没有年龄差异。考虑到老年人的无管制反应比年轻人低，老年人的抑制可能更容易，放大可能更困难。自愿情绪调节可能是人类表现的一个领域，不会受到年龄相关损失的影响。
This study investigated age differences in the ability to suppress and amplify expressive behavior during emotional arousal. Young and old participants viewed 3 film clips about medical procedures while their behavioral, autonomic, and subjective responses were recorded. Half of the participants viewed all 3 films without additional instructions; the other half was asked to suppress and amplify their behavioral expression during the 2nd and 3rd films. Except for heart rate, suppression and amplification produced similar patterns of autonomic activation. Neither suppression nor amplification had effects on self-reported emotion. There were no age differences in the ability to suppress or amplify emotional expression or in their physiological or subjective consequences. Considering that older people's unregulated reactivity was lower than that of young adults, suppression may have been easier and amplification more difficult for older adults. Voluntary emotion regulation might be one domain of human performance that is spared from age-related losses.