Which would also speak to the fallacy of the catharsis hypothesis: shouting it out does not help. Calming discussing does.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 [email protected] ________________________________________ Subject: RE: Analyses support theory that Botox might alleviate depression From: "Pollak, Edward" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:34:08 +0000 I agree, Annette,this is not really new. I remember listening to a paper, Perhaps 20 years ago at EPA. The authors used patients in therapy as subjects. All were instructed to discuss a recent incident that they found annoying, unpleasant, distressing. But 1/2 of the subjects were instructed to speak softly & slowly (i.e., calmly) while the other half were instructed to speak loudly & rapidly. Subjects were later asked to rate how distressing they found that incident. The subjects speaking calmly rated the incident as much less distressing & those instructed to speak in an "angry" voice reported that the incident had distressed them much more. Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/ Editor of "Ed's Bluegrass Newsletter" at http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/bgnews.htm Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler & biopsychologist............... in approximate order of importance --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=45241 or send a blank email to leave-45241-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
