The aim of this study was to investigate the association between fear of blushing and self-rated propensity to flush to physical stimuli. Two hundred and five respondents rated fear of blushing, social anxiety, blushing propensity, facial pallor in threatening situations, and facial flushing to physical exercise, heat and ingesting alcohol. Facial flushing propensity predicted fear of blushing independently of associations with social anxiety, self-rated blushing propensity and other documented predictors. In addition, after controlling for other predictors, facial pallor in threatening situations was associated with reduced fear of blushing. These findings suggest that a predisposition to flush is a marker of a more general hyper-reactivity of facial blood vessels. This predisposition could increase self-awareness of blushing and the odds that blushing is noticed by others, hence augmenting fear of blushing.

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泛红倾向预示着对泛红的恐惧

这项研究的目的是调查对脸红的恐惧与对身体刺激脸红的自我评价倾向之间的关系。255位受访者对害怕脸红，社交焦虑，脸红倾向，在威胁情况下脸色苍白以及进行体育锻炼，热度和摄入酒精后脸红感到恐惧。面部潮红倾向预示着对脸红的恐惧，而与社交焦虑，自我评估的脸红倾向和其他有据可查的预测因素无关。此外，在控制了其他预测因素后，处于威胁状态的脸色苍白与减少脸红的恐惧有关。这些发现表明，潮红的倾向是面部血管更普遍的高反应性的标志。