Abstract Loneliness is a growing public health problem. Lonely individuals show a characteristic negative bias in the cognitive processing of socioemotional information. In the current study, we tested the effects of a novel computerized feedback-based interpretation training on socioemotional information processing. Lonely and non-lonely participants were assigned equally to training groups. During interpretation training, the promotion training group learned to associate subthreshold fearful and neutral expressions with socially more favorable labels than less favorable ones. The control training group learned to associate the same facial expressions with socially less favorable labels. After training, participants performed three socioemotional tasks. Results revealed that promotion training reduced associations between loneliness and recognition of anger and fear in lonely participants. In addition, compared to control training, promotion training significantly increased the likelihood of evaluating surprise expressions as positive rather than negative. This positive evaluation bias toward surprise faces increased in lonely participants with greater promotion learning. However, only non-lonely participants showed increased willingness to approach an unfamiliar female face after promotion training relative to control training. Despite this limitation, the findings demonstrate the potential of our novel feedback-based interpretation training in mitigating characteristic processing of socioemotional information among lonely people.

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通过基于计算机辅助反馈的口译训练改变孤独中的社会情绪处理

摘要 孤独是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题。孤独的个体在社会情感信息的认知过程中表现出特征性的负面偏见。在当前的研究中，我们测试了一种新颖的基于计算机反馈的解释训练对社会情感信息处理的影响。孤独和非孤独的参与者被平均分配到训练组。在口译培训期间，晋升培训组学会了将阈下的恐惧和中性表达与社会上更有利的标签而非不太有利的标签联系起来。控制训练组学会了将相同的面部表情与社会上不太受欢迎的标签联系起来。培训结束后，参与者执行了三项社会情感任务。结果表明，提升培训减少了孤独感与孤独参与者对愤怒和恐惧的认识之间的关联。此外，与对照训练相比，晋升训练显着增加了将惊喜表达评价为积极而非消极的可能性。这种对惊喜面孔的积极评价偏向在孤独参与者中随着提升学习程度的提高而增加。然而，与控制训练相比，只有非孤独的参与者在晋升训练后表现出接近陌生女性面孔的意愿增加。尽管有这个限制，但研究结果证明了我们新颖的基于反馈的解释训练在减轻孤独人群社会情感信息的特征处理方面的潜力。与对照训练相比，晋升训练显着增加了将惊喜表达评价为积极而非消极的可能性。这种对惊喜面孔的积极评价偏向在孤独参与者中随着提升学习程度的提高而增加。然而，与控制训练相比，只有非孤独的参与者在晋升训练后表现出接近陌生女性面孔的意愿增加。尽管有这个限制，但研究结果证明了我们新颖的基于反馈的解释训练在减轻孤独人群社会情感信息的特征处理方面的潜力。与对照训练相比，晋升训练显着增加了将惊喜表达评价为积极而非消极的可能性。这种对惊喜面孔的积极评价偏向在孤独参与者中随着提升学习程度的提高而增加。然而，与控制训练相比，只有非孤独的参与者在晋升训练后表现出接近陌生女性面孔的意愿增加。尽管有这种限制，但研究结果证明了我们新颖的基于反馈的解释训练在减轻孤独人群社会情感信息的特征处理方面的潜力。这种对惊喜面孔的积极评价偏向在孤独参与者中随着提升学习程度的提高而增加。然而，与控制训练相比，只有非孤独的参与者在晋升训练后表现出接近陌生女性面孔的意愿增加。尽管有这个限制，但研究结果证明了我们新颖的基于反馈的解释训练在减轻孤独人群社会情感信息的特征处理方面的潜力。这种对惊喜面孔的积极评价偏向在孤独参与者中随着提升学习程度的提高而增加。然而，与控制训练相比，只有非孤独的参与者在晋升训练后表现出接近陌生女性面孔的意愿增加。尽管有这个限制，但研究结果证明了我们新颖的基于反馈的解释训练在减轻孤独人群社会情感信息的特征处理方面的潜力。