2021
Landmann, Helen
The bright and dark Side of eudaimonic emotions: A conceptual framework Journal Article
In: Media and Communication, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021.
Abstract | Links | Tags: awe, being moved, Emotion, media
@article{Landmann2021,
title = {The bright and dark Side of eudaimonic emotions: A conceptual framework},
author = {Helen Landmann},
doi = {10.17645/mac.v9i2.3825},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-04-30},
journal = {Media and Communication},
volume = {9},
number = {2},
abstract = {Based on a review of eudaimonic emotion concepts, definitional and empirical overlaps between the concepts are identified and a framework of eudaimonic emotions is developed. The framework proposes that feelings of elevation, awe, tenderness, and being moved can be differentiated based on their feeling components, thus constituting the feeling-specific types of eudaimonic emotions. A variety of other emotion concepts rely on reference to their elicitors, such as moral elevation (i.e., being moved by moral virtue), aesthetic awe (i.e., being moved by beauty), kama muta (i.e., being moved by communal sharing) and admiration (i.e., being moved by achievements), thus constituting elicitor-specific types of eudaimonic emotions. Structuring eudaimonic emotions along these lines allows for integrating research on these emotions. This integration leads to the proposition of general eudaimonic effects and value-specific effects of positive eudaimonic emotions on behaviour. Considering these effects can enhance understanding of how positive eudaimonic emotions affect pro-social intentions—the bright side of being moved—as well as the manipulating effects of propaganda—the dark side of being moved.},
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Based on a review of eudaimonic emotion concepts, definitional and empirical overlaps between the concepts are identified and a framework of eudaimonic emotions is developed. The framework proposes that feelings of elevation, awe, tenderness, and being moved can be differentiated based on their feeling components, thus constituting the feeling-specific types of eudaimonic emotions. A variety of other emotion concepts rely on reference to their elicitors, such as moral elevation (i.e., being moved by moral virtue), aesthetic awe (i.e., being moved by beauty), kama muta (i.e., being moved by communal sharing) and admiration (i.e., being moved by achievements), thus constituting elicitor-specific types of eudaimonic emotions. Structuring eudaimonic emotions along these lines allows for integrating research on these emotions. This integration leads to the proposition of general eudaimonic effects and value-specific effects of positive eudaimonic emotions on behaviour. Considering these effects can enhance understanding of how positive eudaimonic emotions affect pro-social intentions—the bright side of being moved—as well as the manipulating effects of propaganda—the dark side of being moved.
2019
Landmann, Helen; Cova, Florian; Hess, Ursula
Being moved by meaningfulness: Appraisals of surpassing internal standards elicit being moved by relationships and achievements Journal Article
In: Cognition and Emotion, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1387-1409, 2019.
Abstract | Links | Tags: awe, being moved, Emotion, values
@article{landmann2019being,
title = {Being moved by meaningfulness: Appraisals of surpassing internal standards elicit being moved by relationships and achievements},
author = {Helen Landmann and Florian Cova and Ursula Hess},
doi = {10.1080/02699931.2019.1567463},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Cognition and Emotion},
volume = {33},
number = {7},
pages = {1387-1409},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
abstract = {People can be moved and overwhelmed, a phenomenon typically accompanied by goose-bumps and tears. We argue that these feelings of being moved are not limited to situations that are appraised as pro-social but elicited when someone surpasses an internal standard. In line with these predictions, people were moved by relationships and success (Study 1), by reunion, separation, success and failure (Study 2) and by social, environmental and sports achievements (Study 3). In all three studies, the elicitation of these feelings was partially mediated by appraisals of surpassing social or achievement standards. In line with this, ratings of meaningfulness were closely associated with feelings of being moved and moving stimuli elicited behavioural intentions such as spending time with family and friends, helping others and/or achieving something in life. Thus, moving situations may remind us about what we perceive as meaningful and thereby help us to act accordingly.},
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People can be moved and overwhelmed, a phenomenon typically accompanied by goose-bumps and tears. We argue that these feelings of being moved are not limited to situations that are appraised as pro-social but elicited when someone surpasses an internal standard. In line with these predictions, people were moved by relationships and success (Study 1), by reunion, separation, success and failure (Study 2) and by social, environmental and sports achievements (Study 3). In all three studies, the elicitation of these feelings was partially mediated by appraisals of surpassing social or achievement standards. In line with this, ratings of meaningfulness were closely associated with feelings of being moved and moving stimuli elicited behavioural intentions such as spending time with family and friends, helping others and/or achieving something in life. Thus, moving situations may remind us about what we perceive as meaningful and thereby help us to act accordingly.
2018
Hess, Ursula; Landmann, Helen; David, Shlomo; Hareli, Shlomo
In: Cognition and Emotion, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1152–1165, 2018.
Abstract | Links | Tags: awe, context, Emotion, moral decisions
@article{hess2018bidirectional,
title = {The bidirectional relation of emotion perception and social judgments: the effect of witness’ emotion expression on perceptions of moral behaviour and vice versa},
author = {Ursula Hess and Helen Landmann and Shlomo David and Shlomo Hareli},
doi = {10.1080/02699931.2017.1388769},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
urldate = {2018-01-01},
journal = {Cognition and Emotion},
volume = {32},
number = {6},
pages = {1152--1165},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
abstract = {The present research tested the notion that emotion expression and context perception are bidirectionally related. Specifically, in two studies focusing on moral violations (N = 288) and positive moral deviations (N = 245) respectively, we presented participants with short vignettes describing behaviours that were either (im)moral, (in)polite or unusual together with a picture of the emotional reaction of a person who supposedly had been a witness to the event. Participants rated both the emotional reactions observed and their own moral appraisal of the situation described. In both studies, we found that situational context influenced how emotional reactions to this context were rated and in turn, the emotional expression shown in reaction to a situation influenced the appraisal of the situation. That is, neither the moral events nor the emotion expressions were judged in an absolute fashion. Rather, the perception of one also depended on the other.},
keywords = {awe, context, Emotion, moral decisions},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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The present research tested the notion that emotion expression and context perception are bidirectionally related. Specifically, in two studies focusing on moral violations (N = 288) and positive moral deviations (N = 245) respectively, we presented participants with short vignettes describing behaviours that were either (im)moral, (in)polite or unusual together with a picture of the emotional reaction of a person who supposedly had been a witness to the event. Participants rated both the emotional reactions observed and their own moral appraisal of the situation described. In both studies, we found that situational context influenced how emotional reactions to this context were rated and in turn, the emotional expression shown in reaction to a situation influenced the appraisal of the situation. That is, neither the moral events nor the emotion expressions were judged in an absolute fashion. Rather, the perception of one also depended on the other.