Embodied Emotion Regulation: The Influence of Implicit Emotional Compatibility on Creative Thinking
The regulatory effect of embodied emotion on one’s general emotion and the impact of the compatibility or incompatibility of the two types of emotion on creative thinking are still debatable. The purpose of this study is to investigate these issues experimentally. In Experiment 1, participants compl...
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doaj-5267c08f8c5b437fb52ed3c9f1c838972020-11-25T03:36:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-08-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01822555732Embodied Emotion Regulation: The Influence of Implicit Emotional Compatibility on Creative ThinkingLi Wu0Rong Huang1Zhe Wang2Jonathan Nimal Selvaraj3Liuqing Wei4Weiping Yang5Jianxin Chen6Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaCollege of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, ChinaThe regulatory effect of embodied emotion on one’s general emotion and the impact of the compatibility or incompatibility of the two types of emotion on creative thinking are still debatable. The purpose of this study is to investigate these issues experimentally. In Experiment 1, participants completed an explicit positive and negative emotion test [Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)] and an implicit positive and negative emotion test [Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT)] twice on a computer after emotional video priming was used to induce negative emotions and facial expression manipulation was performed to induce embodied positive or negative emotions. It was found that maintaining the expression of a suppressed smile was helpful in regulating negative emotions (p = 0.047). Specifically, the implicit negative emotions induced by facial expression manipulation had a positive regulating effect on the implicit negative emotions induced by the video (T1, M = 47.813; to T2, M = 44.188). In Experiment 2, the positive or negative emotions of the participants were induced using emotional videos, and facial expression manipulation was used to induce their embodied positive or negative emotions. Then, the participants completed a creative test by completing alternative use tasks (AUTs) and Chinese character riddles. The AUT fluency score in the emotionally compatible group was significantly higher than that in the emotionally incompatible group (p = 0.032), but while experiencing negative emotions, the emotionally compatible group had a significantly higher originality score and insight in Chinese character riddle score than the emotionally incompatible group (p = 0.017, p = 0.004). Therefore, embodied negative emotion has a significant regulating effect on implicit negative emotion. The compatibility of emotion activated by facial expression and viewing a video contributes to creative thinking, whereas the incompatibility of emotion hinders creative thinking. The compatibility of emotion under positive emotions improved thinking fluency, whereas under negative emotions, it activated originality and insight in creative thinking. The influence of such emotional compatibility on creative thinking may be due to the regulating effect of embodied emotions on implicit emotions induced by emotional stimuli.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01822/fullembodied emotionsemotional compatibilityemotional incompatibilityimplicit emotionscreative thinking |
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Li Wu Rong Huang Zhe Wang Jonathan Nimal Selvaraj Liuqing Wei Weiping Yang Jianxin Chen Embodied Emotion Regulation: The Influence of Implicit Emotional Compatibility on Creative Thinking Frontiers in Psychology embodied emotions emotional compatibility emotional incompatibility implicit emotions creative thinking |
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Embodied Emotion Regulation: The Influence of Implicit Emotional Compatibility on Creative Thinking |
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Embodied Emotion Regulation: The Influence of Implicit Emotional Compatibility on Creative Thinking |
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The regulatory effect of embodied emotion on one’s general emotion and the impact of the compatibility or incompatibility of the two types of emotion on creative thinking are still debatable. The purpose of this study is to investigate these issues experimentally. In Experiment 1, participants completed an explicit positive and negative emotion test [Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)] and an implicit positive and negative emotion test [Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT)] twice on a computer after emotional video priming was used to induce negative emotions and facial expression manipulation was performed to induce embodied positive or negative emotions. It was found that maintaining the expression of a suppressed smile was helpful in regulating negative emotions (p = 0.047). Specifically, the implicit negative emotions induced by facial expression manipulation had a positive regulating effect on the implicit negative emotions induced by the video (T1, M = 47.813; to T2, M = 44.188). In Experiment 2, the positive or negative emotions of the participants were induced using emotional videos, and facial expression manipulation was used to induce their embodied positive or negative emotions. Then, the participants completed a creative test by completing alternative use tasks (AUTs) and Chinese character riddles. The AUT fluency score in the emotionally compatible group was significantly higher than that in the emotionally incompatible group (p = 0.032), but while experiencing negative emotions, the emotionally compatible group had a significantly higher originality score and insight in Chinese character riddle score than the emotionally incompatible group (p = 0.017, p = 0.004). Therefore, embodied negative emotion has a significant regulating effect on implicit negative emotion. The compatibility of emotion activated by facial expression and viewing a video contributes to creative thinking, whereas the incompatibility of emotion hinders creative thinking. The compatibility of emotion under positive emotions improved thinking fluency, whereas under negative emotions, it activated originality and insight in creative thinking. The influence of such emotional compatibility on creative thinking may be due to the regulating effect of embodied emotions on implicit emotions induced by emotional stimuli. |
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