文档介绍：Advances in Psychology 心理学进展, 2020, 10(3), 290-296
Published Online March 2020 in Hans.
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The Relieving Effect of Swearing on Physical
Pain and Social Pain
Xiaoyu Wang, Hui Sun, Chen Chen
School of Education Science, Nantong University, Nantong Jiangsu
Received: Feb. 11th, 2020; accepted: Mar. 6th, 2020; published: Mar. 18th, 2020
Abstract
Swearing often refers to vulgar and taboo language, which generally appears when insulting oth-
ers and emphasizing opinions. Experimental results suggest that, swearing, as an emotional re-
sponse to pain, can alleviate physical pain. Compared with not swearing, subjects who repeated
swearing words in cold water had higher pain tolerance and lower perceived pain score. Changes
in heart rate indicated that emotional response was triggered to reduce pain. Based on the theory
of pain overlap, recent evidence shows that swearing can also alleviate the social pain caused by
social exclusion. Moreover, the daily frequency of swearing affected the effect of hypoalgesia; the
higher th