Italian men and women (N 1.156) answered questions about felt and shared emotions, and motives for interpersonally sharing them, in relation to events eliciting Jealousy, Pride, Sadness, Joy and Envy. Felt versus shared emotion-discrepancies were frequent: felt emotions with socio-personal negative implications were 'toned down' or not shared at all, whereas norm-congruent emotions, or those with positive implications, were shared. Sharing motives, besides sincerity, included conforming to emotional norms, steering the interpersonal relationship in the desired direction, trying to convey a positive self-image, and obtaining comfort and advice. The results overall showed that emotion sharing is a strategic, norm-congruent, and self-protecting behaviour, and is influenced by the normative-status an emotion has in relation to features of the eliciting event.
Is sincerity the norm in lay theories about emotion sharing? A look at joy, pride, envy, jealousy, and sadness
ZAMMUNER, VANDA
2011
Abstract
Italian men and women (N 1.156) answered questions about felt and shared emotions, and motives for interpersonally sharing them, in relation to events eliciting Jealousy, Pride, Sadness, Joy and Envy. Felt versus shared emotion-discrepancies were frequent: felt emotions with socio-personal negative implications were 'toned down' or not shared at all, whereas norm-congruent emotions, or those with positive implications, were shared. Sharing motives, besides sincerity, included conforming to emotional norms, steering the interpersonal relationship in the desired direction, trying to convey a positive self-image, and obtaining comfort and advice. The results overall showed that emotion sharing is a strategic, norm-congruent, and self-protecting behaviour, and is influenced by the normative-status an emotion has in relation to features of the eliciting event.
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