Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition
This study examined the impact of narrative and emotion on processing of African American breast cancer survivor messages. We employed a two (narrative: present/absent) × three (emotional valence: pleasant/unpleasant/mixed) × four (message repetition) within-subjects experimental design. Findings in...
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| author | Glenn Leshner Paul Bolls Elizabeth Gardner Jensen Moore Matthew Kreuter |
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| description | This study examined the impact of narrative and emotion on processing of African American breast cancer survivor messages. We employed a two (narrative: present/absent) × three (emotional valence: pleasant/unpleasant/mixed) × four (message repetition) within-subjects experimental design. Findings indicated narrative messages with both pleasant and unpleasant emotional content (mixed) showed the greatest attention (heart rate deceleration) and negative emotional response (corrugator supercillii) while unpleasant narratives showed the least. Surprisingly, non-narrative messages showed the opposite pattern of results, where unpleasant messages showed the greatest attention and emotional response while non-narrative messages with mixed emotional content showed the least. These data initially point to the conclusion that attention for narrative material depends on the valence of emotion expressed in the message, which has both theoretical and practical implications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79c98d6e304d42aa83ce642b41ec07012022-12-21T21:26:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862018-01-014110.1080/23311886.2018.14262811426281Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognitionGlenn Leshner0Paul Bolls1Elizabeth Gardner2Jensen Moore3Matthew Kreuter4University of OklahomaTexas Tech UniversityUniversity of MissouriUniversity of OklahomaWashington UniversityThis study examined the impact of narrative and emotion on processing of African American breast cancer survivor messages. We employed a two (narrative: present/absent) × three (emotional valence: pleasant/unpleasant/mixed) × four (message repetition) within-subjects experimental design. Findings indicated narrative messages with both pleasant and unpleasant emotional content (mixed) showed the greatest attention (heart rate deceleration) and negative emotional response (corrugator supercillii) while unpleasant narratives showed the least. Surprisingly, non-narrative messages showed the opposite pattern of results, where unpleasant messages showed the greatest attention and emotional response while non-narrative messages with mixed emotional content showed the least. These data initially point to the conclusion that attention for narrative material depends on the valence of emotion expressed in the message, which has both theoretical and practical implications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2018.1426281breast cancercognitive processingemotionnarrativeafrican american |
| spellingShingle | Glenn Leshner Paul Bolls Elizabeth Gardner Jensen Moore Matthew Kreuter Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition Cogent Social Sciences breast cancer cognitive processing emotion narrative african american |
| title | Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition |
| title_full | Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition |
| title_fullStr | Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition |
| title_short | Breast cancer survivor testimonies: Effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition |
| title_sort | breast cancer survivor testimonies effects of narrative and emotional valence on affect and cognition |
| topic | breast cancer cognitive processing emotion narrative african american |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2018.1426281 |
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