scholarly journals Positive emotions elicited by clowns and nurses: An experimental study in a hospital setting.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Auerbach ◽  
Willibald Ruch ◽  
Annette Fehling
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Hospital Setting

Effects of Provocation on Emotions and Aggression: An Experimental Study with Aggressive Children

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Stadler ◽  
Sonja Rohrmann ◽  
Sibylle Steuber ◽  
Fritz Poustka
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Skin Conductance Level ◽  
Physiological Measures ◽  
Competitive Reaction ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Conduct Disordered ◽  
Physiological Variables ◽  
Aggressive Children ◽  
Conductance Level

In this study, the effects of an experimental-induced provocation on emotions and aggression were examined in 34 aggressive conduct-disordered children using a competitive reaction time paradigm. Two experimental conditions were created, an increasing provocation and a low constant provocation condition. Self-rated anger was assessed directly after provocation on a 5-point-visual scale. In addition, negative and positive emotions as well as physiological measures (heart rate and skin conductance level) were measured at baseline and after provocation. Results revealed that participants’ aggressive behaviour and subjective emotions differed as a function of the opponent’s level of provocation. Concerning physiological parameters, no significant differences were found between the experimental conditions. These results suggest that affective, but not physiological variables characterize reactive aggression in conduct-disordered children.

scholarly journals Does Language Type Affect Perceptions of Disability Images? An Experimental Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. p75
Author(s):  
Stuart B. Kamenetsky ◽  
Adam S. Sadowski
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Perceptions Of Disability ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Willingness To Help ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Language Type

The present experimental study examined the impact of language type on perception of disability images with text captions. 204 disability naïve undergraduate students viewed disability images containing one of six disability language captions: disability-first, defiant self-naming, impairment, negative, person-first, and apologetic naming. Participants completed measures of identification, emotion, willingness to help, willingness to include, and perceptions of capabilities and rights. Person-first and apologetic naming did not result in more positive perceptions of disability. Rather, defiant self-naming evoked the most positive emotions and identification, and greater perceived capabilities and willingness to include whereas negative language evoked the most negative perceptions of images. Results suggest that the elimination of negative language and the use of empowering defiant self-naming by people with disabilities, rather than a focus on using person-first and apologetic naming, may be more effective in reducing negative disability stereotypes.

‘Too humble and sad’: The effect of humility and emotional display when a politician talks about a moral issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca D’Errico
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Moral Issue ◽  
The Political ◽  
Personal Distress ◽  
Psychological Feature ◽  
Emotional Display ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Persuasive Effect

Humble leadership can be defined as a positive psychological feature that allows for admitting one’s own limitations, being open to new ideas and giving a voice to, and recognizing the merits of, others. Humility has been associated with positive emotions, like gratitude and elevation, however it has been neglected in the political domain, seen on the contrary as the management of power. The present experimental study was aimed at exploring the possible persuasive effect of a humble politician by considering the role played by emotional display (joy, calm, sadness and anger) when the politician discusses an ethical issue (such as hosting immigration). Contrary to our expectations, humble communication elicited negative emotions and evaluations of the politician, especially when the politician exhibited a sad facial display; further, it induced in voters a state of personal distress towards immigrants, and thus a negative association with a hosting orientation.

scholarly journals Afectividad inducida e impacto en la creatividad, crecimiento personal después del cambio y ajuste percibido al narrar una experiencia emocional intensa

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Da Costa ◽  
Dario Páez
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Mediational Analysis ◽  
Mediational Role ◽  
High Positive Affect

An experimental study contrast the effects of inducing positive affect on creativity and the mediational role of positive emotions. High and low positive affect was induced by asking subjects to write three poems Haikus about high (<em>N = </em>28) and low positive connotation stimuli (<em>N = </em>28). Then people wrote about their more intense infatuation experience and answered a scale on the emotions felt when writing the text, a measure of personal growth or benefits, and a measure of achievement of adaptive goals after the episode. In high positive affect condition was reported more positive and less negative emotions in recounting the experience, more personal growth and a better adjustment. Last poem and narration of experience were evaluated as more original in high positive condition by independent judges. A mediational analysis showed that positive emotions explain partially the influence of the manipulation on personal growth and perceived adjustment.

“The baby dey CHUK CHUK”

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akin Odebunmi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Relevance Theory ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Gain Access

Nigerian Pidgin is a popular informal communicative code in Nigerian social, economic and political experience. It is sometimes spoken in formal situations in the hospital setting when participants find it pragmatically convenient. Despite its communicative significance, little research has been carried out on the use of Pidgin in conversational interactions in Nigerian hospitals, a gap this study fills by investigating how Pidgin is used in constructing emotions relating to social and medical conditions in hospitals. Seventy five (75) interactions between doctors and clients in Nigerian Pidgin were sampled; the data analysis was based centrally on relevance theory. Nigerian Pidgin evokes negative and positive emotions. Negative emotions manifest as pain and fear, while positive emotions appear as excitement and relief. Doctors and clients gain access to each other’s intentions through their shared knowledge of Pidgin, their co-construction of ailments, and their contextually based local interactional resources. They thus negotiate emotions as cue-dependent variables that are steered with the help of cognitive processes.

Resiliency, stress appraisal, positive affect and cardiovascular activity

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Cognitive Appraisal ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Cardiovascular Activity ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Stress Appraisal ◽  
Specific Dimension ◽  
Challenge Appraisal

Resiliency, stress appraisal, positive affect and cardiovascular activity In accordance with the undoing hypothesis (Fredrickson, Levenson, 1998), evoked positive affect speeds up the cardiovascular system recovery in a stressful situation. An attempt was made to replicate this finding in an experimental study. Individuals characterized by high resiliency levels are capable of more efficient utilization of positive emotions in a stressful situation. Since in earlier research no relationship had been found between resiliency and a tendency to appraise stress as a challenge, this study investigated a possible mediating function of a more specific dimension of cognitive appraisal, i.e. that in terms of activity-oriented challenge appraisal (Włodarczyk, Wrześniewski, 2005). The study shows that evoked positive affect does not lead to a faster recovery. However, highly resilient individuals turned out to achieve higher levels of positive affect in a stressful situation; this effect was mediated by challenge-activity appraisals.

The role of affect in feelings of obligation

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefen Beeler-Duden ◽  
Meltem Yucel ◽  
Amrisha Vaish
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans’ sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

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