Knowing when to seek anger: Psychological health and context-sensitive emotional preferences
| Autor: | Maya Tamir, Brett Q. Ford, Min Y. Kim, Iris B. Mauss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Happiness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) Anger Article Psychological health Young Adult Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Clinical Research Behavioral and Social Science Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychology Humans Young adult media_common Depression Emotion regulation Mental health Brain Disorders Emotional flexibility Good Health and Well Being Mental Health Healthy individuals Cognitive Sciences Female Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Cognition & emotion, vol 29, iss 6 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0600 |
| Popis: | According to hedonic approaches to psychological health, healthy individuals should pursue pleasant and avoid unpleasant emotions. According to instrumental approaches, however, healthy individuals should pursue useful and avoid harmful emotions, whether pleasant or unpleasant. We sought to reconcile these approaches by distinguishing between preferences for emotions that are aggregated across contexts and preferences for emotions within specific contexts. Across five days, we assessed daily confrontational and collaborative demands and daily preferences for anger and happiness. Somewhat consistent with hedonic approaches, when averaging across contexts, psychologically healthier individuals wanted to feel less anger, but not more happiness. Somewhat consistent with instrumental approaches, when examined within contexts, psychologically healthier individuals wanted to feel angrier in more confrontational contexts, and some wanted to feel happier in more collaborative contexts. Thus, although healthier individuals are motivated to avoid unpleasant emotions over time, they are more motivated to experience them when they are potentially useful. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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