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The Dynamic Interplay between Appraisal and Core Affect in Daily Life
Peter Kuppens1, Dominique Champagne, Francis Tuerlinckx
1Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven-University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium ; School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Core affect and appraisals dynamically influence each other in daily emotional experiences. How people feel impacts their event appraisals, which in turn shapes their core affect and future judgments.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Affective Science
Background:
- Emotion experience is central to human psychology.
- Core affect and cognitive appraisals are key components of emotion.
- Understanding the interplay between affect and appraisal is crucial for emotion research.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the bidirectional relationships between core affect and event appraisals.
- To examine how changes in core affect influence appraisals and vice versa.
- To integrate affect and appraisal theories of emotion.
Main Methods:
- Employed an experience sampling methodology.
- Participants recorded daily core affect and event appraisals.
- Utilized cross-lagged multilevel modeling for data analysis.
Main Results:
- Found congruency in valence-appraisal relationships: specific appraisals predicted changes in pleasure-displeasure and vice versa.
- Demonstrated that secondary appraisals (responsibility, coping) influenced arousal.
- Showed that changes in arousal subsequently affected future event appraisals.
Conclusions:
- Core affect and appraisals exhibit a dynamic, reciprocal interplay in emotion.
- Appraisals shape core affect, which in turn influences future event judgments.
- This bidirectional dynamic integrates distinct approaches to understanding emotion.
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