The Role of Vocal Affect in Persuasion: The CIVA Model

AbstractPast research has largely focused on how emotional expressions provide information about the speaker’s emotional state, but has generally neglected vocal affect’s influence over communication effectiveness. This is surprising given that other nonverbal behaviors often influence communication between individuals. In the present theory paper, we develop a novel perspective called the Contextual Influences of Vocal Affect (CIVA) model to predict and explain the psychological processes by which vocal affect may influence communication through three broad categories of process: emotion origin/construal, changing emotions, and communication source inferences. We describe research that explores potential moderators (e.g., affective/cognitive message types, message intensity), and mechanisms (e.g., emotional assimilation, attributions, surprise) shaping the effects of vocally expressed emotions on communication. We discuss when and why emotions expressed through the voice can influence the effectiveness of communication. CIVA advances theoretical and applied psychology by providing a clear theoretical account of vocal affect’s diverse impacts on communication.

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“When” Does It Pay to Be Good? Attributions Mediate the Way CSR Elements Impact on Consumer Responses, and Are Controllable

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13115869 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 5869

Author(s):

Athanasios Krystallis ◽

Vlad Zaharia ◽

Antonis Zairis

Keyword(s):

Past Research ◽

Consumer Response ◽

Multiple Mediation ◽

Consumer Responses ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Consumer Attributions ◽

The Right ◽

The Relationship ◽

Experimental Survey

Responding to the appeal for more research on the contingencies that shape the relationship between CSR and corporate performance, this paper incorporates environmental CSR, sets up an experimental survey and employs multiple mediation analysis with the aim to test the mediating role of consumer attributions on the CSR elements–consumer responses relationship; and further to examine the degree to which attributions are controllable, i.e., specific CSR elements activate specific type of attributions. Results support that attributions have a strong predicting power on consumer outcomes. The right time of appearance and the appropriate amount of resources committed to a CSR campaign, through the dual type of attributions they activate (more positive, i.e., values-driven and less negative, i.e., egoistic), impact positively on consumer reactions. In this respect, the study adds to past research showing that attributions are controllable, i.e., specific CSR initiative characteristics of a impact on the dimensionality of attributions and, through that, on specific target-types of consumer responses. This study thus shows that the activation of a dual-level attributions’ system is ambivalent, dependent on the character of the CSR campaign. The fact that specific CSR elements (i.e., CSR Timing) activate dual-level CSR motives that act complementarily indicates that managers should be clear about the capabilities of the elements of their CSR initiatives and how much impact they expect those elements to have on consumer response.

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The voice, text, and the visual as semiotic companions: an analysis of the materiality and meaning potential of multimodal screen feedback

Education and Information Technologies ◽

10.1007/s10639-021-10455-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Clare Tyrer

Keyword(s):

Student Teachers ◽

Research Literature ◽

Written Feedback ◽

Feedback Process ◽

Teachers Perceptions ◽

Initial Teacher Training ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Voice ◽

Structured Video

AbstractThe gap between how learners interpret and act upon feedback has been widely documented in the research literature. What is less certain is the extent to which the modality and materiality of the feedback influence students’ and teachers’ perceptions. This article explores the semiotic potential of multimodal screen feedback to enhance written feedback. Guided by an “Inquiry Graphics” approach, situated within a semiotic theory of learning edusemiotic conceptual framework, constructions of meaning in relation to screencasting feedback were analysed to determine how and whether it could be incorporated into existing feedback practices. Semi-structured video elicitation interviews with student teachers were used to incorporate both micro and macro levels of analysis. The findings suggested that the relationship between the auditory, visual and textual elements in multimodal screen feedback enriched the feedback process, highlighting the importance of form in addition to content to aid understanding of written feedback. The constitutive role of design and material artefacts in feedback practices in initial teacher training pertinent to these findings is also discussed.

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The dangers of libraries and archives for Indigenous Australian workers: Investigating the question of Indigenous cultural safety

IFLA Journal ◽

10.1177/0340035220987574 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 034003522098757

Author(s):

Kirsten Thorpe

Keyword(s):

Cultural Safety ◽

Self Determination ◽

Front Line ◽

Truth Telling ◽

Indigenous Australian ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

The Voice

Libraries and archives are troubling spaces for Indigenous Australian people as they are sites of renewal and truth-telling as well as sites of deep tension. The topic of people’s cultural safety in libraries and archives is one that is being commonly discussed. However, limited research has been undertaken on the topic to reveal the issues and concerns of people who work on the front line in these institutions. This article discusses the dangers of libraries and archives for Indigenous Australian workers by introducing doctoral research on the topic of Indigenous archiving and cultural safety: Examining the role of decolonisation and self-determination in libraries and archives. The aim of the article is to bring greater visibility to the voice and experiences of Indigenous Australian people who are working to facilitate access to collections in libraries and archives.

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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Alcohol and Drug Misuse Among IPV-Victimized Women: Exploring the Role of Difficulties Regulating Positive Emotions

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520943735 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088626052094373

Author(s):

Nicole H. Weiss ◽

Melissa R. Schick ◽

Ateka A. Contractor ◽

Miranda E. Reyes ◽

Nazaret C. Suazo ◽

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Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Past Research ◽

Drug Misuse ◽

Emotional Dysfunction ◽

Culturally Sensitive Interventions ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

Racial Ethnic

Alcohol and drug misuse is prevalent and problematic among women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV). Emotional dysfunction has been identified as a key mechanism in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of alcohol and drug misuse. However, existing research has not considered the role of race/ethnicity in the relations between emotional dysfunction and alcohol and drug misuse. Furthermore, past research in this area has focused almost exclusively on emotional dysfunction stemming from negative (vs. positive) emotions. The goals of the current study were as follows: (a) to explore whether levels of difficulties regulating positive emotions differ among Latina, African American, and White IPV-victimized women, and (b) to examine the moderating role of race/ethnicity in the relations between difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse. Participants were 197 IPV-victimized women recruited through the criminal justice system ( Mage = 36.14; 51.8% African American, 31.5% White, and 16.8% Latina). Difficulties regulating positive emotions did not differ as a function of race/ethnicity. However, relations among difficulties regulating positive emotions and alcohol and drug misuse were significant for Latina and White but not African American IPV-victimized women. Moreover, race/ethnicity moderated an association between difficulties regulating positive emotions and drug misuse; this relation was significant and positive for White (compared with African American) IPV-victimized women. While preliminary, these results may inform culturally sensitive interventions for alcohol and drug misuse that are tailored to the unique needs of Latina, African American, and White IPV-victimized women.

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Touring for peace: the role of dual-narrative tours in creating transnational activists

International Journal of Tourism Cities ◽

10.1108/ijtc-12-2017-0092 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 200-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emily Maureen Schneider

Keyword(s):

Attitude Change ◽

Past Research ◽

Host Population ◽

Contact Hypothesis ◽

Racial Groups ◽

Content Type ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Peace And Justice

Purpose Scholarship on the contact hypothesis and peacebuilding suggests that contact with marginalized ethnic and racial groups may reduce prejudice and improve opportunities for conflict resolution. Through a study of dual-narrative tours to Israel/Palestine, the purpose of this paper is to address two areas of the debate surrounding this approach to social change. First, past research on the effectiveness of contact-based tourism as a method to change attitudes is inconclusive. Travel to a foreign country has been shown to both improve and worsen tourists’ perceptions of a host population. Second, few scholars have attempted to link contact-based changes in attitudes to activism. Design/methodology/approach Through an analysis of 218 post-tour surveys, this study examines the role of dual-narrative tours in sparking attitude change that may facilitate involvement in peace and justice activism. Surveys were collected from the leading “dual-narrative” tour company in the region, MEJDI. Dual-narrative tours uniquely expose mainstream tourists in Israel/Palestine to Palestinian perspectives that are typically absent from the majority of tours to the region. This case study of dual-narrative tours therefore provides a unique opportunity to address the self-selecting bias, as identified by contact hypothesis and tourism scholars, in order to understand the potential impacts of exposure to marginalized narratives. Findings The findings of this study suggest that while these tours tend to engender increased support for Palestinians over Israelis, their most salient function appears to be the cultivation of empathy for “both sides” of the conflict. Similarly, dual-narrative tours often prompt visitors to understand the conflict to be more complex than they previously thought. In terms of activism, tourists tend to prioritize education-based initiatives in their plans for post-tour political engagement. In addition, a large number of participants articulated commitments to support joint Israeli–Palestinian non-governmental organizations and to try to influence US foreign policy to be more equitable. Originality/value These findings complicate debates within the scholarship on peacebuilding as well as within movements for social justice in Israel/Palestine. While programs that equate Israeli and Palestinian perspectives are often criticized for reinforcing the status quo, dual-narrative tours appear to facilitate nuance and universalism while also shifting tourists toward greater identification with an oppressed population. Together, these findings shed light on the ability of tourism to facilitate positive attitude change about a previously stigmatized racial/ethnic group, as well as the power of contact and exposure to marginalized narratives to inspire peace and justice activism.

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Heeding the voice of experience: The role of talker variation in lexical access

Cognition ◽

10.1016/j.cognition.2007.03.013 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 106 (2) ◽

pp. 633-664 ◽

Cited By ~ 94

Author(s):

Sarah C. Creel ◽

Richard N. Aslin ◽

Michael K. Tanenhaus

Keyword(s):

Lexical Access ◽

The Voice ◽

Talker Variation

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An initial investigation of the role of death concerns in evaluations of metaphoric language about God

Archive for the Psychology of Religion ◽

10.1177/00846724211031671 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 008467242110316

Author(s):

Lucas A Keefer ◽

Faith L Brown ◽

Thomas G Rials

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Conceptual Metaphor ◽

Past Research ◽

Current Work ◽

Correlational Study ◽

Initial Investigation ◽

Metaphoric Language ◽

Religious Worldviews

Past research suggests that death pushes some individuals to strongly promote religious worldviews. The current work explores the role of conceptual metaphor in this process. Past research shows that metaphors can provide meaning and certainty, suggesting that death may therefore cause people to be more attracted to epistemically beneficial metaphoric descriptions of God. In three studies, we test this possibility against competing alternatives suggesting that death concerns may cause more selective metaphor preferences. Using both correlational (Study 1 and pre-registered replication) and experimental (Study 2) methods, we find that death concern is generally associated with embracing metaphors about God.

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Finding Brands and Not Losing Your Religion? Exploring the Relationship Between Brand Engagement in Self-Concept and Religious Commitment

Journal of Management Spirituality & Religion ◽

10.51327/fevj7857 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 201-217

Author(s):

Wiktor Razmus ◽

Beata Zarzycka

Keyword(s):

Religious Commitment ◽

Past Research ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Self Concept ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Grandiose Narcissism ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Brand Engagement ◽

The Relationship

Past research links a decrease in religiosity with the development of marketing and, in particular, with the growing role of brands in consumers’ lives. Building on James's (1920) theory of the self, we propose that focusing on brands as a strategy for self-expression (brand engagement in self-concept; BESC) does not exclude religious commitment and may even be related with higher levels of religious commitment. We also suggest that this relationship is moderated by grandiose narcissism. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 306 individuals in a cross-sectional study. The findings provide evidence that BESC is positively related to religious commitment and the higher an individual’s narcissism is, the stronger the positive relationship between BESC and religious commitment. These findings suggest that using brands as a strategy for self-expression is not a substitute for religious commitment.

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The use of acting techniques in career development

Uchenyy Sovet (Academic Council) ◽

10.33920/nik-02-2109-06 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mariya Aleksandrovna Akimenkova

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Performing Arts ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽

The People ◽

Circle Of Friends ◽

Main Activity ◽

The Voice ◽

And Training

The article shows that in career development, the use of acting techniques opens up new opportunities. The author traces the development of the Russian acting school, created by K.S. Stanislavsky and later revised and supplemented by his students, in the modern socio-economic situation. The article demonstrates that despite the fact that for many years this school was aimed exclusively at educating and training people who want to connect their lives with the theater, it had a significant impact on amateurs as well. Passion for the performing arts was traced among people of a wide variety of professions, which contributed to the creation of numerous amateur theaters. This tendency was especially evident in educational institutions. Pupils and students under the guidance of an experienced director tried to take steps in the stage space, received grateful responses, but continued to be content with the role of an amateur actor, without encroaching on the laurels of a professional. Nevertheless, after that, their main activity, regardless of the direction, moved to a completely different level. Without any psychotherapeutic interventions, the attitude to oneself, to the people around, and to situations changed, the speech apparatus and the timbre of the voice were transformed, phobias and depressive tendencies disappeared. As a result, participants in amateur theaters acquired a new circle of friends and promotions, or they radically changed their field of activity, opening completely new prospects for themselves. The article examines these possibilities in the framework of the modern situation, when the entire range of theater and acting means may be in demand by representatives of other professions.

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