Composition and consistency of the desired affective state: The role of personality and motivation

Augustine, Adam A.; Hemenover, Scott H.; Larsen, Randy J.; Shulman, Tirza

doi:10.1007/s11031-010-9162-0

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“…Consequently, two persons engaging in the same activity may experience very different psychological outcomes depending on their Downloaded by [UZH Hauptbibliothek / Zentralbibliothek Zürich] at 03:06 22 December 2014 escapism motivation. Both may utilize the activity affordance of action attention in the activity, but their motivation toward the experience means that they might experience different regulatory fits (Higgins, 2005: see also Augustine, Hemenover, Larsen, & Shulman, 2010). This may in turn have an impact on their psychological outcomes.…”

Section: Stability and Variations In Escapist Engagementsmentioning

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Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion

Stenseng¹,

Rise²,

Kraft³

2012

Leisure Sciences

121

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A two-dimensional model on escape motives in activity engagement was developed in three studies. We suggested that motivation to escape the self through engagement in an activity partly derives from intentions to either prevent negative affect or to promote positive affect. A scale for measuring these intentional mindsets was developed consisting of the subcategories self-suppression and self-expansion. Results showed that the dimensions were differently related to psychological predictors, outcomes, and experiences in the activity engagement. We argue that the present research introduces escapism as a relevant theoretical and empirical concept applicable to several types of activity engagements.

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Section: Stability and Variations In Escapist Engagementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion

Stenseng¹,

Rise²,

Kraft³

2012

Leisure Sciences

121

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“…Some studies have found that people higher (vs. lower) in extraversion tend to show stronger preferences for positive affect (Augustine, Hemenover, Larsen, & Shulman, 2010; Kampfe & Mitte, 2009; Rusting & Larsen, 1995; Tsai, Knutson, & Fung, 2006). Such findings show that the more familiar someone is with positive affect, the more they want to experience it.…”

Section: Review Of Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some studies have found that people higher (vs. lower) in neuroticism show stronger preferences for negative affect (Kampfe & Mitte, 2009; Tamir, 2005), other studies have found that people higher (vs. lower) in neuroticism show stronger preferences for positive affect and do not differ in preferences for negative affect (Augustine et al, 2010; Rusting & Larsen, 1995), and still other studies have found that people higher (vs. lower) in neuroticism show weaker preferences for positive affect (Tsai et al, 2006). …”

Section: Review Of Existing Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Preferring familiar emotions: As you want (and like) it?

Ford

Tamir

2013

Cognition and Emotion

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Do people want to feel emotions that are familiar to them? In two studies, participants rated how much they typically felt various emotions (i.e., familiarity of the emotion) and how much they generally wanted to experience these emotions. We found that, in general, people wanted to feel pleasant emotions more than unpleasant emotions. However, for both pleasant and unpleasant emotions, people more (vs. less) familiar with an emotion also wanted to experience it more. Links between the familiarity of an emotion and wanting to experience that emotion were not explained by the concurrent experience of familiar emotions. Also, we show that although familiar emotions were also liked more, liking did not fully account for wanting familiar emotions. Finally, the familiarity of emotions mediated the links between trait affect and the emotions people wanted to feel. We propose that people are motivated to feel familiar emotions, in part, because of their instrumental value.

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“…Not surprisingly, most people report that their ideal emotional states are pleasant, rather than unpleasant (Augustine et al 2010;Kampfe and Mitte 2009). Nevertheless, noteworthy moderating factors such as cultural background (Tsai et al 2006), individual differences such as level of extraversion (Rusting and Larsen 1995) and interpersonal goals (Tsai et al 2007) have been observed.…”

Section: Preferences and Norms For Emotion Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To date, ideal emotional states have been measured by scales asking participants how much they wish to feel or avoid certain positive emotions and negative emotions (e.g., Augustine et al 2010;Kampfe and Mitte 2009;Rusting and Larsen 1995;Tsai et al 2006). However, it may also be beneficial to explore what people are prepared to do to achieve the most desirable emotions.…”

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Quantifying the Value of Emotions Using a Willingness to Pay Approach

2012

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People generally seek out positive moods and avoid negative moods; however, it is unclear which motivation is more pronounced. Two studies addressed this issue by developing a value-based ranking of emotions based on the willingness to pay (WTP) approach. The approach utilizes money's cardinal properties and assumes opportunity costs as with everyday purchases. In Study 1 British participants indicated they would be willing to pay more to experience positive than to avoid negative emotions. In Study 2 this positivity bias was replicated with another sample of British participants. However, Hong Kong Chinese participants did not show such a preference, and were willing to pay significantly less to experience positive emotions but more to avoid negative emotions when compared with British participants. Experiencing Love was given the highest WTP judgment in all samples. Thus, some emotions are universally valued, whereas preferences for others differ across cultural groups, perhaps shaped by norms. Implications concerning valuations of psychological states for policy purposes are discussed.

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Composition and consistency of the desired affective state: The role of personality and motivation

Cited by 42 publications

References 30 publications

Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion

Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion

Preferring familiar emotions: As you want (and like) it?

Quantifying the Value of Emotions Using a Willingness to Pay Approach

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