心理应激对不同神经质水平个体疼痛共情的影响

Effects of Psychological Stress on Pain Empathy of Individuals with Different Levels of Neuroticism

目的:以疼痛共情沟通模型为基础,探讨心理应激(情境因素)和神经质人格(观察者因素)对疼痛共情的影响。方法:选取高神经质被试57人、低神经质被试55人,利用公开演讲范式引发心理应激,要求被试对疼痛或非疼痛图片分别做出按键反应。结果:1)在非应激情境下,高神经质个体比低神经质个体表现出更高的疼痛共情水平;2)在应激情境下,低神经质个体的疼痛共情水平显著提高,但高神经质个体变化不显著。结论:应激情境会提升低神经质个体的疼痛共情水平,但对高神经质个体的影响不显著。

Objective:According to the Communications Model of pain empathy,the process of pain empathy may be influenced by many cognitive,emotional and social factors.This study investigated the effects of psychological stress(contextual factors)and neuroticism personality(observer factors)on empathy for pain.Methods:57 high-neuroticism participants and 55 low-neuroticism participants were enrolled in this experiment;they were randomly allocated to a psychological stress group or a non-psychological stress group and were asked to press different keys according to painful or non-painful pictures.Results:1)Under non-stress conditions,high-neuroticism individuals showed more significant empathy for pain;2)under psychological stress conditions,the level of empathy for pain of high-neuroticism participants was significantly increased while the change of the level of empathy for pain of low-neuroticism participants was not significant.Conclusion:Psychological stress only increases the empathy for pain and causesmore sensitive to the pain of others for low-neuroticism individuals,but for those with high neuroticism.