Feelings, direction of attention, and expressed evaluations of others
Feelings, direction of attention, and expressed evaluations of others
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感受、注意力方向以及对他人的评价
DOI:
10.1080/02699939008408080
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
B. Tróccoli
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文献类型:
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作者:
L. Berkowitz;B. Tróccoli
Abstract Noting the occasional inconsistency in the results of studies of the effects of negative affect on thoughts and actions in social situations, it is suggested that: (1) self-regulatory mechanisms sometimes intervene to determine what people experiencing unpleasant feeling will say (and maybe think) about others around them; and (2) at least some of these mechanisms may have to be activated by relatively high-level cognitive processing and are not always operative. More specifically. the theoretical analysis presented here holds that many different kinds of negative affect will prime thoughts having a negative meaning, including unfavourable judgements of others. However, negative affect does not always lead to openly expressed negative opinions and actions. It is proposed that attention to one's moderately unpleasant feelings tends to moderate the effect of negative affect on subsequent negative thoughts and actions by activating “higher-level” cognitive processing so that consideration is given t...