title: Recovering from negative events by boosting implicit positive affect.
abstract: Upregulation of implicit positive affect (PA) can act as a mechanism to deal with negative affect. Two studies tracked temporal changes in positive and negative affect (NA) assessed by self-report and the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT; Quirin, Kazen, & Kuhl, 2009). Study 1 observed the predicted increases in implicit PA after exposure to a threat-related film clip, which correlated positively with the speed of recognising a happy face among an angry crowd. Study 2 replicated increases in implicit PA after exposition to the same film clip, and showed that such increases were enhanced by priming self-referential stimuli. The findings are discussed against the background of personality systems interaction (PSI) theory (Kuhl, 2000, 2001), which emphasises the role of the implicit self in affect regulation.
authors: Department of Psychology, Universität Osnabrück, Seminarstrasse 20, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany. mquirin@uos.de
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Quirin
authors: Regina C
authors: RC
authors: Bode
authors: Julius
authors: J
authors: Kuhl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D004532:Ego; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D013997:Time Factors; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology