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【medical-news】高质量婚姻是女性最好的减压器
High-quality marriages are the best stress-busters for women
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Updated: 2006-12-20 15:06
A new study has found that all women need to lower their stress levels is a strong and happy marriage.
A team of researchers led by James A. Coan, a University of Virginia neuroscientist has found that women under stress who hold their husbands' hands show signs of immediate relief, which can clearly be seen on their brain scans.
Coan, an assistant professor in the U.Va. Neuroscience Graduate Program and the Department of Psychology, and his team conducted a study involving several couples who rated themselves as highly satisfied with their marriages.
As a part of their study, the researchers designed a functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) study in which 16 married women were subjected to the threat of a very mild electric shock while they by turns held their husband's hand, the hand of a stranger (male) or no hand at all.
They found that the MRI was able to show how these women's brains responded to this handholding while in a threatening situation.
The researchers noted a large decrease in the brain response to threat as a function of spouse handholding, and a limited decrease in this response as a function of stranger handholding.
Moreover, spouse handholding effects varied as a function of marital quality, with women in the very highest quality marriages benefiting from a very powerful decrease in threat-related brain activity, including a strong decrease in the emotional (affective) component of the brain's pain processing circuits.
"This is the first study of the neurological reactions to human touch in a threatening situation, and the first study to measure how the brain facilitates the health-enhancing properties of close social relationships," said Dr. Coan.
The study is published in the December 2006 issue of the journal Psychological Science. 本人已认领该文编译，48小时后若未提交译文，请其他战友自由认领。 High-quality marriages are the best stress-busters for women
(ANI)
Updated: 2006-12-20 15:06
A new study has found that all women need to lower their stress levels is a strong and happy marriage.
一项新研究显示所有女性都可通过一桩稳固和幸福的婚姻来降低自身的压力水平。
A team of researchers led by James A. Coan, a University of Virginia neuroscientist has found that women under stress who hold their husbands' hands show signs of immediate relief, which can clearly be seen on their brain scans.
由Virginia大学的神经科学家，James A. Coan领导的研究小组发现处于压力下的女性当握住自己丈夫的手时，会马上出现压力缓解的情形，这一现象可通过脑电波扫描仪清楚的观察到。
Coan, an assistant professor in the U.Va. Neuroscience Graduate Program and the Department of Psychology, and his team conducted a study involving several couples who rated themselves as highly satisfied with their marriages.
Coan，毕业于U.Va神经科学和心理学系的助理教授，与他的研究小组进行了一项研究，该研究包括了多对对自己婚姻有较高满意度的夫妇。
As a part of their study, the researchers designed a functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) study in which 16 married women were subjected to the threat of a very mild electric shock while they by turns held their husband's hand, the hand of a stranger (male) or no hand at all.
作为他们研究的一部分，研究者设计了一项核磁共振的研究，研究中，有16位已婚妇女在分别握住她们丈夫的手，陌生男性的手，没有手可握时，会遭遇到非常轻微电击的威胁。
They found that the MRI was able to show how these women's brains responded to this handholding while in a threatening situation.
他们发现，MRI能显示出当处于有威胁的情况下，这些女性在回应握手时的脑部活动。
The researchers noted a large decrease in the brain response to threat as a function of spouse handholding, and a limited decrease in this response as a function of stranger handholding.
研究者注意到握住配偶的手时，大脑对威胁的反应程度大幅下降。而在握住陌生人的手时，反应只轻微的下降。
Moreover, spouse handholding effects varied as a function of marital quality, with women in the very highest quality marriages benefiting from a very powerful decrease in threat-related brain activity, including a strong decrease in the emotional (affective) component of the brain's pain processing circuits.
并且，握住配偶手的效果根据婚姻质量也在变化，有着最高质量婚姻的妇女，在威胁相关的脑活动中，大脑对威胁的反应程度下降非常大，这包括了大脑疼痛处理通路的感情影响组成部分的明显下降。
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