What Evokes Being Moved?

Recent attempts to define being moved have difficulties agreeing on its eliciting conditions. The status quaestionis is often summarized as a question of whether the emotion is evoked by exemplifications of a wide range of positive core values or a more restricted set of values associated with attac...

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Published in:Emotion Review 2020-04, Vol.12 (2), p.111-117
Main Author: Cullhed, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
being moved
core values
elevation
extended attachment
Greek
Grekiska
kama muta
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Summary:Recent attempts to define being moved have difficulties agreeing on its eliciting conditions. The status quaestionis is often summarized as a question of whether the emotion is evoked by exemplifications of a wide range of positive core values or a more restricted set of values associated with attachment. This conclusion is premature. Study participants associate being moved with interactions with their loved ones not merely for what they exemplify but also for their affective bond to them. Being moved is elicited when we apprehend the value of entities to which we are connected through basic as well as extended forms of affiliative attachment. These comprise people, certain objects, and even abstract entities, including the unshakable life-guiding ideas we call “core values.”
ISSN:1754-0739
1754-0747
1754-0747
DOI:10.1177/1754073919875216