Voluntary Arousing Negative Experiences (VANE): Why We Like to Be Scared
Voluntary Arousing Negative Experiences (VANE): Why We Like to Be Scared
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DOI：
10.1037/emo0000470
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Orsini, Jahala
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作者：
Kerr, Margee;Siegle, Greg J.;Orsini, Jahala
这项研究检查了调查数据和神经反应与自愿从事高唤醒负面经验（VANE）。在这里，我们建议如何否则负面的刺激可能会被视为积极的自愿参与的背景下。参与者是从已经购买了门票的顾客中招募的，他们参加了一个“极端”闹鬼的景点。测量自我报告的影响，期望和经验的调查数据收集了262名成年人（139名女性和123名男性;年龄M = 27.5岁，SD = 9.3年）之前和之后的经验。从100名参与者的子样本中进一步评估了认知和情绪任务反应性的脑电图（EEG）指数的变化。结果表明，参与者报告的情感得到了改善，特别是那些在体验之前报告感到疲劳，无聊或压力的人。在那些情绪改善的人中，神经反应在应对多项任务时有所下降。总之，这些数据表明，VANE降低了应激后的神经反应性。这一结果可以解释后VANE欣快症，并可能是适应性的，因为它可以帮助个人科普随后的压力。就这种现象在临床情况下复制的程度而言，它可以通过使用VANE原则来通知临床干预，以减少对后续压力源的神经反应。
This study examined survey data and neural reactivity associated with voluntarily engaging in high arousal negative experiences (VANE). Here we suggest how otherwise negative stimuli might be experienced as positive in the context of voluntary engagement. Participants were recruited from customers who had already purchased tickets to attend an "extreme" haunted attraction. Survey data measuring self-report affect, expectations, and experience was collected from 262 adults (139 women and 123 men; age M = 27.5 years, SD = 9.3 years) before and after their experience. Changes in electroencephalographic (EEG) indices of reactivity to cognitive and emotional tasks were further assessed from a subsample of 100 participants. Results suggested that participants' reported affect improved, particularly for those that reported feeling tired, bored, or stressed prior to the experience. Among those whose moods improved, neural reactivity decreased in response to multiple tasks. Together, these data suggest that VANE reduces neural reactivity following stress. This result could explain post-VANE euphoria and may be adaptive in that it could help individuals to cope with subsequent stressors. To the extent that this phenomenon replicates in clinical situations, it could inform clinical interventions by using VANE principles to reduce neural reactivity to subsequent stressors.