Patterns of Emotion-Specific Appraisal, Coping, and Cardiovascular Reactivity During an Ongoing Emotional Episode

The authors examined emotion-specific patterns of appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during real ongoing emotional episodes. In this study, 109 participants performed a neutral opinion-expression task, where a confederate elicited anger, shame, or pride using verbal and nonverbal behav...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2002-08, Vol.83 (2), p.434-450
Main Authors: Herrald, Mary M, Tomaka, Joe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Affectivity. Emotion
Analysis of Variance
Anger
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Cardiovascular Reactivity
Cognitive Processes
Coping Behavior
Emotional Responses
Emotions
Emotions - physiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health
Hemodynamics
Human
Human behaviour
Humans
Interpersonal relations
Judgment
Male
Personality
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self
Shame
Social psychology
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Texas
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Summary:The authors examined emotion-specific patterns of appraisal, coping, and cardiovascular reactivity during real ongoing emotional episodes. In this study, 109 participants performed a neutral opinion-expression task, where a confederate elicited anger, shame, or pride using verbal and nonverbal behavior. The authors assessed cognitive appraisals, emotional reactions, coping, outcomes (state self-esteem and outcome satisfaction), and cardiovascular reactivity. Results indicated substantial and theoretically consistent differences between the 3 emotions (and differences from a nonemotion condition) for cognitive appraisals, self-reported coping, behavioral coping, self- esteem, and cardiovascular reactivity. The results are discussed in relation to their implications for emotion theory and for psychological and physical health. Overall, the results suggest that researchers can study emotion-related issues using authentic emotional reactions.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.83.2.434