Research Seminar
The relation between appraisals and the duration of emotional episodes: Cross-cultural similarities and dissimilaritiesPhilippe VerduynKU Leuven | |
| Abstract: | Emotions are typically characterized by the fact that they unfold over time. As a consequence, a better understanding of emotions can be reached only when their time-related aspects are captured adequately. A central aspect in this regard is the duration of emotional experience. In previous studies, it has been shown that an emotional experience can last for only a couple of seconds up to several hours or even longer. In the present study, we examine to which extent appraisals of the eliciting event may account for this variability in emotion duration and to what degree the appraisal-duration relation is universal or culture-specific. In 37 countries participants were asked to recollect emotional episodes of joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust, shame and guilt. Subsequently, they were asked to report on the duration of these episodes and to answer a number of questions regarding their appraisal of the eliciting event. The results will be discussed from the viewpoint of both a cross-cultural framework and the psychology of emotions. |
| Date: | Tue Oct 6, 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
| Place: | room 02.51 (Department of Psychology, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven) |