Discussion
Everybody experiences positive PGS.
Some subjects never experience negative PGS. Negative PGS are generally less frequent in our population. Interesting to predict through measures of intelligence, stress, socio-economic conditions. Interesting to observe populations where negative PGS are much more present (PTSD, populations under heavy stress because of war or natural disasters).
Significant difference between frequency of positive and negative PGS. What about other dimensions such as intensity and duration. PerhaPgS an EMA study would be appropriate.
In terms of the importance of PGS, positive PGS were fundamental and life changing for three subjects. Same importance was given by negative PGS by three subjects.
The importance of studying the outliers. The subject who experience very intense PGS. The subjects who report to be under constant hard stress.
In a nutshell
· The experience is pleasurable and relaxing.
· Gender difference in terms of stress.
· All of the subjects experience PGS and the majority of the subjects love to experience them. None of the subjects dislike them.
· Some subjects never experience –ve PGS.
· +ve PGS causes are statistically better memorized than –ve PGS causes
· Positive PGS are reported as being more frequent in this sample.
· Subjects who love to experience positive PGS reported to experience them +ve PGS often than the rest of the sample.
· Significant difference between the PGS subjects and the noPGS subjects in terms of stress score.
· The subjects that reported a high importance for the causes of –ve PGS experience them more often.
· All of the subjects in this sample reported to care about PGS and all of the subjects wanted to know more about this event.
From the qualitative studies, we deduce that it would be useful to study the influence of the presence of other people of varing importance (lover, father, etc.) on the PGS response to a stimulus.
Negative PgS are related to information (its absence).