Participants' interpretations of facial expressions of emotion and judgements made about the poser as a function of gender, job status, and facial expression were examined. Measures of perceived ...emotion and ratings of personality characteristics produced main effects and interactions in support of the context-specific hypothesis: Gender and job statuses were significant influences on interpretation. (Original abstract - amended)
Emotions act as momentary coordination devices, orchestrating cognitions, biology, and motivations in response to a specific type of situation. Given the importance of positive emotional experience ...in consumption decisions, understanding the causes and consequences of specific types of positive emotion has important implications for marketers and service providers. We present new data on the distinct situational appraisals and cognitive consequences of the "other-praising" positive emotions of elevation, admiration, and gratitude. Four experiments (lab and field) illustrate the importance of eliciting the right appraisals (e.g., in gift-giving) to produce desired effects, i.e. promoting lasting relationships with new brand initiates and well-established consumers.
Research in human social genomics has identified a conserved transcriptional response to adversity (CTRA) characterized by up-regulated expression of pro-inflammatory genes and down-regulated ...expression of Type I interferon- and antibody-related genes. This report seeks to identify the specific aspects of positive psychological well-being that oppose such effects and predict reduced CTRA gene expression. In a new confirmation study of 122 healthy adults that replicated the approach of a previously reported discovery study, mixed effect linear model analyses identified a significant inverse association between expression of CTRA indicator genes and a summary measure of eudaimonic well-being from the Mental Health Continuum - Short Form. Analyses of a 2- representation of eudaimonia converged in finding correlated psychological and social subdomains of eudaimonic well-being to be the primary carriers of CTRA associations. Hedonic well-being showed no consistent CTRA association independent of eudaimonic well-being, and summary measures integrating hedonic and eudaimonic well-being showed less stable CTRA associations than did focal measures of eudaimonia (psychological and social well-being). Similar results emerged from analyses of pooled discovery and confirmation samples (n = 198). Similar results also emerged from analyses of a second new generalization study of 107 healthy adults that included the more detailed Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-being and found this more robust measure of eudaimonic well-being to also associate with reduced CTRA gene expression. Five of the 6 major sub-domains of psychological well-being predicted reduced CTRA gene expression when analyzed separately, and 3 remained distinctively prognostic in mutually adjusted analyses. All associations were independent of demographic characteristics, health-related confounders, and RNA indicators of leukocyte subset distribution. These results identify specific sub-dimensions of eudaimonic well-being as promising targets for future interventions to mitigate CTRA gene expression, and provide no support for any independent favorable contribution from hedonic well-being.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Participants' interpretations of facial expressions of emotion and judgments made about the poser as a function of gender, job status, and facial expression were examined. Two hypotheses regarding ...interpretation of expression stress either facial expression alone or a combination of facial expression and social context.
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