Autori: Anolli, Luigi, Cavalera, Cesare
Titolo: L'enigma del rossore
Periodico: Giornale italiano di psicologia
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 155 - Pagina finale: 174

Blushing is a universal, social and involuntary signal based on self-awareness.It is a puzzling phenomenon, still little understood. This social response indicates personaland interpersonal awareness with a strong communicative power. Elicitors ofblushing are exposition of the self or unwanted attention. Blushing is caused by activationof beta-adrenergic receptors that seems to be related with a mediation of sympatheticsystem. Main theories about blushing underline its important function in everydaylife. Links between blush and shame, embarrassment and anxiety are presented.At the present, different measuring instruments of blushing (physiological indexes vs.self-report) are not fully adequate. At last, different interventions are discussed.




SICI: 0390-5349(2013)1<155:LDR>2.0.ZU;2-S
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