The Expression of Determination: Similarities Between Anger and Approach-related Positive Affect

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dc.contributorSchmeichel, Brandon J.
dc.contributorAlexander, Gerianne
dc.creatorHarmon-Jones, Cindy
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T22:23:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-22T23:46:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T19:57:53Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T22:23:53Z
dc.date.available2011-02-22T23:46:28Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T19:57:53Z
dc.date.created2009-12
dc.date.issued2011-02-22
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the valence and motivational direction components of affect using facial expressions of determination, anger and joy. Determination is a positive, approach-related emotion; anger is a negative, approach-related emotion; and joy is a positive, low-approach emotion. Thus, determination and anger share a motivational direction, but determination and joy share a valence. Participants created facial expressions intended to express joy, anger, fear, sadness, disgust and determination. Naive judges attempted to identify these expressions. Correct identifications of intended determination expressions were positively correlated with misidentifications of the expressions as anger, suggesting that determination is perceived as more similar to anger than to joy. This emphasizes the importance of the motivational component of emotion, as distinct from the valence of emotion.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7425
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectFacial Expressions
dc.subjectDetermination
dc.subjectAnger
dc.subjectApproach Motivation
dc.subjectPositive Affect
dc.titleThe Expression of Determination: Similarities Between Anger and Approach-related Positive Affect
dc.typeBook
dc.typeThesis

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