Temperament moderates the effect of the verbal threat information pathway on children's heart rate responses to novel animals
Temperament moderates the effect of the verbal threat information pathway on children's heart rate responses to novel animals
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DOI：
10.1016/j.brat.2009.01.020
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Price-Evans, Khanya
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作者：
Field, Andy P.;Price-Evans, Khanya
气质变量，如特质焦虑是儿童焦虑症发展的危险因素。本实验旨在考察言语威胁信息对恐惧情绪生理成分的影响是否受气质的调节。本研究以54名610岁儿童为被试，测量了他们对新奇动物的恐惧信念。然后，他们被给予关于这些动物的威胁，积极或没有口头信息，然后他们的心率被记录下来，而他们的手放在他们认为这些动物居住的盒子里。孩子们还完成了特质焦虑的问卷调查。儿童报告的气质调节的影响，威胁信息的恐惧情绪的生理成分。因此，恐惧信息是气质导致儿童获得动物恐惧的可能机制。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Temperamental variables such as trait anxiety are risk factors in children for the development of anxiety disorders. This experiment aimed to test whether temperament moderates the effect of verbal threat information on the physiological component of the fear emotion. An experiment is reported in which 610 year old children's (N = 54) fear beliefs about novel animals were measured. They were then given threat, positive or no verbal information about these animals following which their heart rate was recorded while they placed their hands in boxes that they believed these animals inhabited. Children also completed a questionnaire measure of trait anxiety. Child-reported temperament moderated the effect that threat information has on the physiological component of the fear emotion. Fear information is, therefore, a possible mechanism through which temperament leads children to acquire animal fears. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.