Can I borrow a feeling? Spillover of negative arousal from inconsistent information during attitude formation diminishes perceptions of well-being

Rydell, Robert J.; Durso, Geoffrey R. O.

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2011.10.018

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“…The current work shows people can set standards to enhance an in-group (e.g., Miron, Branscombe, & Biernat, 2010;Rydell & Durso, 2012) but that such processes may be amplified by EIEDs. Also, we show that race (when paired with a counterattitudinal message) may serve as a cue that triggers biased but more effortful information processing (Petty & Wegener, 1998), especially among those with greater EIEDs.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…We would expect that other implicit measures (e.g., Rydell et al, 2008) would produce similar results. In this study, we did not assess effortful information processing directly (e.g., Briñol et al, 2006) nor did we assess negative affect directly (e.g., Rydell & Durso, 2012;Rydell et al, 2008), but we assume both played a role in the current findings given past demonstrations in the literature. Indeed, assessing the presence of these intervening factors might have provided participants with an attributional explanation for their psychological experiences, undercutting the subsequent effects that we sought to document in the current work.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Having Explicit-Implicit Evaluation Discrepancies Triggers Race-Based Motivated Reasoning

Shoda¹,

McConnell²,

Rydell³

2014

Social Cognition

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Having Explicit-Implicit Evaluation Discrepancies Triggers Race-Based Motivated Reasoning

Shoda¹,

McConnell²,

Rydell³

2014

Social Cognition

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“…This might mean, for instance, that certain methods designed to specifically alter individuals’ reactivity to negative stimuli (e.g., treatment of phobias) could, if too broadly applied, potentially change their sensitivity to emotionally evocative stimuli more generally, including positive events (e.g., causing them to feel less joy at a wedding). It is interesting that such diminished evaluation sensitivity could also presumably cause people to feel less conflicted, indecisive, or uncomfortable when they experience ambivalence toward individuals or experiences that elicit both negative and positive reactions (e.g., Priester & Petty, 1996; Rydell & Durso, 2012). Identifying the stage in evaluative processing that acetaminophen is affecting will be an important area for investigation in order to determine whether acetaminophen is altering evaluative processing itself or the perceived inputs or outputs to this process.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Acetaminophen, an effective and popular over-the-counter pain reliever (e.g., the active ingredient in Tylenol), has recently been shown to blunt individuals’ reactivity to a range of negative stimuli in addition to physical pain. Because accumulating research has shown that individuals’ reactivity to both negative and positive stimuli can be influenced by a single factor (an idea known as differential susceptibility), we conducted two experiments testing whether acetaminophen blunted individuals’ evaluations of and emotional reactions to both negative and positive images from the International Affective Picture System. Participants who took acetaminophen evaluated unpleasant stimuli less negatively and pleasant stimuli less positively, compared with participants who took a placebo. Participants in the acetaminophen condition also rated both negative and positive stimuli as less emotionally arousing than did participants in the placebo condition (Studies 1 and 2), whereas nonevaluative ratings (extent of color saturation in each image; Study 2) were not affected by drug condition. These findings suggest that acetaminophen has a general blunting effect on individuals’ evaluative and emotional processing, irrespective of negative or positive valence.

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“…Future research in this area should also examine the role of negative testimonials. Negative information may have unique and powerful effects on how treatment related information is remembered and how perceptions are formed (Rydell & Durso, 2012, Touryan, Marian, & Shimamura, 2007). An additional direction for future research is to understand how providing testimonial information for only one treatment option (a potentially common scenario in the real world) versus multiple treatment options affects treatment preferences.…”

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The effects of positive patient testimonials on PTSD treatment choice

Zoellner

Feeny

Caldwell

et al. 2012

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Despite the existence of effective treatment options for PTSD, these treatments are failing to reach those that stand to benefit from PTSD treatment. Understanding the processes underlying an individual’s treatment seeking behavior holds the potential for reducing treatment-seeking barriers. The current study investigates the effects that positive treatment testimonials have on decisions regarding PTSD treatment. An undergraduate (N = 439) and a trauma-exposed community (N = 203) sample were provided with videotaped treatment rationales for prolonged exposure (PE) and sertraline treatments of PTSD. Half of each sample also viewed testimonials, detailing a fictional patient’s treatment experience. All participants then chose among treatment options and rated the credibility of- and personal reactions toward- those options. Among treatment naïve undergraduates, testimonials increased the proportion choosing PE alone; and among treatment naïve members of the trauma-exposed community sample, testimonials increased the proportion choosing a combined PE plus sertraline treatment. These effects were not observed for those with prior history of either psychotherapeutic or pharmacological treatment. Major barriers exist that prevent individuals with PTSD from seeking treatment. For a critical unreached treatment sample, those who are treatment naïve, positive patient testimonials offer a mechanism in which to make effective treatments more appealing and accessible.

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Can I borrow a feeling? Spillover of negative arousal from inconsistent information during attitude formation diminishes perceptions of well-being

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Having Explicit-Implicit Evaluation Discrepancies Triggers Race-Based Motivated Reasoning

Having Explicit-Implicit Evaluation Discrepancies Triggers Race-Based Motivated Reasoning

Over-the-Counter Relief From Pains and Pleasures Alike

The effects of positive patient testimonials on PTSD treatment choice

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