Actual Cleaning and Simulated Cleaning Attenuate Psychological and Physiological Effects of Stressful Events.

IF 3.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Psychological and Personality Science Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Epub Date: 2022-07-09 DOI:10.1177/19485506221099428

Spike W S Lee, Kobe Millet, Amir Grinstein, Koen H Pauwels, Phillip R Johnston, Alexandra E Volkov, Arianne J van der Wal

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Abstract

The human mind harbors various mechanisms for coping with stress, but what role does physical behavior play? Inspired by ethological observations of autogrooming activity across species, we offer a general hypothesis: cleaning attenuates effects of stressful events. Preregistered behavioral and psychophysiological experiments (N = 3,066 in United Kingdom, United States, and Canada) found that (a) concrete visual simulation of cleaning behavior alleviated residual anxiety from a stress-inducing physical scene, an effect distinct from touch, and (b) actual cleaning behavior enhanced adaptive cardiovascular reactivity to a highly stressful context of social performance/evaluation, which provides the first physiological evidence for the attenuation of stress-related effects by cleaning. Overall, actual cleaning and simulated cleaning attenuate effects of physical or psychological stressors, even when they have nothing to do with contamination or disease and would not be resolved by cleaning. Daily cleaning behavior may facilitate coping with stressors like physical risks and psychological threats to the self.

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实际清洁和模拟清洁减弱应激事件的心理和生理影响。

人类的大脑有各种应对压力的机制，但身体行为在其中扮演什么角色呢？受动物行为学观察的启发，我们提出了一个普遍的假设：清洁会减弱压力事件的影响。预先注册的行为和心理生理学实验（英国、美国和加拿大的N = 3066）发现(a)清洁行为的具体视觉模拟减轻了来自诱发压力的物理场景的残余焦虑，这是一种不同于触摸的效果；(b)实际清洁行为增强了对社会表现/评价高压力环境的适应性心血管反应。这为通过清洁减少应力相关影响提供了第一个生理学证据。总的来说，实际的清洁和模拟的清洁减弱了身体或心理压力源的影响，即使它们与污染或疾病无关，也不会通过清洁来解决。日常清洁行为可能有助于应对压力源，如身体风险和对自我的心理威胁。

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Social Psychological and Personality Science PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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