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Psychophysiological effects of emotional responding to goal attainment.
Journal article

Psychophysiological effects of emotional responding to goal attainment.

  • Kreibig SD Department of Psychology, University of Geneva and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland. sylvia.kreibig@unige.ch
  • Gendolla GH
  • Scherer KR
  • 2009-11-28
Published in:
  • Biological psychology. - 2010
Achievement
Adolescent
Adult
Biofeedback, Psychology
Blood Pressure
Electrocardiography
Emotions
Female
Galvanic Skin Response
Goals
Heart Rate
Humans
Individuality
Photic Stimulation
Psychophysiology
Self Report
Statistics, Nonparametric
Young Adult
English Effects of positive performance feedback on self-reported emotion and associated physiological responding and their relation to motivational engagement were investigated in an achievement context. To create a situation of self-relevant goal striving and goal attainment, appraisals of goal relevance and goal conduciveness were manipulated by presenting 65 female undergraduate students with a psychological test, followed by positive performance feedback. Emotional responding during the 1-min feedback showed elicitation of various positive achievement-related emotions associated with broad sympathetic activation (decreased pre-ejection period, increased cardiac output, and increased skin conductance and response rate). Individual-level emotion reports indicated distinct subgroups of participants experiencing primarily either interest, joy, pride, or surprise. Between-participants physiological reactivity was found to differ based on primary self-reported feelings. We discuss motivational antecedents and consequences in achievement-related emotions.
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  • English
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closed
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https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/89589
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