The social learning account of trypophobia.

IF 1.5 3区 心理学 Q4 PHYSIOLOGY Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-23 DOI:10.1177/17470218241232665
Geoff G Cole, Abbie C Millett, Marie Juanchich
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Trypophobia is the condition in which individuals report a range of negative emotions when viewing clusters of small holes. Since the phenomenon was first described in the peer-reviewed literature a decade ago, 49 papers have appeared together with hundreds of news articles. There has also been much discussion on various Internet forums, including medical and health-related websites. In the present article, we examine the degree to which the phenomenon is caused by a form of social learning, specifically, its ubiquitous social media presence. We also examined its prevalence among the broad population. In Experiment 1 (n = 2,558), we assessed whether younger people and females (i.e., greater social media users) are more sensitive to trypophobic stimuli, as predicted by the social media hypothesis. In Experiment 2 (n = 283), we examined whether sensitivity to trypophobic stimuli and rates of trypophobia is greater in people who are aware of the condition's existence, as opposed to those who have never heard of the phenomenon. In line with the social media theory, results showed that younger people and females are indeed more susceptible to trypophobia. However, 24% of trypophobic individuals have never heard of the condition. Overall, these data suggest that both social learning and non-social learning contribute to trypophobia. We also find that the prevalence of trypophobia is approximately 10%.

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快讯:恐试症的社会学习理论。
小洞恐惧症(Trypophobia)是指当人们看到小洞群时,会产生一系列负面情绪。自十年前这种现象首次在同行评议的文献中被描述以来,已经有 47 篇论文和数百篇新闻报道出现。在各种互联网论坛上,包括与医疗和健康相关的网站上,也有很多讨论。在本文中,我们研究了这种现象在多大程度上是由一种社会学习形式造成的,特别是其无处不在的社交媒体存在。我们还研究了这一现象在广大人群中的流行程度。在实验 1(n=2558)中,我们评估了年轻人和女性(即社交媒体用户较多)是否如社交媒体假说所预测的那样,对恐试刺激更敏感。在实验 2(n=283)中,我们研究了对恐试刺激更敏感的人与从未听说过恐试现象的人相比,是否对恐试刺激更敏感,恐试率是否更高。与社交媒体理论一致,结果显示年轻人和女性确实更容易患上恐试症。然而,24% 的恐试者从未听说过这种情况。总之,这些数据表明,社会学习和非社会学习都会导致恐试症。我们还发现,恐试症的发病率约为 10%。
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