Self-Directed Violence Picture System Images are Perceived as Relating to Self-Harm

The current study sought to validate the perception that the images in the SDVPS are related to self-harm. Participants included 73 undergraduate volunteers from a university in New England. As part of a larger study, participants sequentially viewed six self-harm (SDVPS) and six other-harm (IAPS) images and were required to respond to three questions that addressed the type of harm in the image and disturbance level. Analyses revealed that the SDVPS images and IAPS images were rated as similar in level of disturbance and variance in disturbance level was present for images depicting self-harm and images depicting other harm. Additionally, participants rated SDVPS images higher in portraying self-harm rather than other-harm, but they were more decisive in concluding that IAPS images portrayed other-harm rather than self-harm.本研究旨在验证“SDVPS中的图片与自残行为相关”这一预设认知。本研究的被试为新英格兰地区某高校的73名本科志愿者。作为一项更大规模研究的组成部分，被试依次观看了六张自残类图片（SDVPS）及六张来自国际情感图片系统（IAPS，International Affective Picture System）的他人伤害类图片，并需回答三个与图片中的伤害类型及情绪扰动程度相关的问题。分析结果显示，SDVPS图片与IAPS图片的情绪扰动程度评分相近，且自残类图片与他人伤害类图片各自的情绪扰动程度均存在变异。此外，被试对SDVPS图片的自残主题识别评分显著高于他人伤害主题；但针对IAPS图片，被试能更明确地判定其为他人伤害而非自残主题。