特质焦虑调节情绪预期的性别差异

Effects of Trait Anxiety on the Sex Differences of Emotional Anticipation

为了比较高低特质焦虑者在不同情绪预期条件的性别差异,采用状态-特质焦虑量表,在400名大学生中筛选出33名高特质焦虑者和36名低特质焦虑者完成连续操作情绪预期任务。研究结果显示,高特质焦虑者在预期一致情境下存在显著的效价差异,而在不一致情境下无显著差异;在正性预期不一致的情境下,低特质焦虑者对不可预测的负性图片预期存在显著的性别差异。此结果说明女性低特质焦虑者对不可预测的负性刺激具有更大的敏感。

This study tested the hypothesis that whether trait anxiety influence the sex differences in an emotional anticipation task. It used the State Trait Anxiety Inventory to screen the subjects in 400 college students. Thirty-three high trait anxiety and 36 low trait anxiety performed the emotional anticipation task. The results showed that high trait anxious group anticipated significantly between positive and negative stimulus in a congruent condition. Furthermore,we found that low trait anxiety group had distinct sex effects in a positive incongruent anticipation condition. These findings indicate that female may have greater sensitivity to the unpredictable negative events.