Perceived changes in ordinary autobiographical events’ affect and visual imagery colorfulness

Ritchie, Timothy D.; Batteson, Tamzin J

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2013.02.001

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“…Regardless of design or measurement nuances, the data clearly identified the source of the FAB to be in ratings of current affect, not the ratings of initial affect (Landau & Gunter, 2009). Importantly, the extant data in support of the FAB suggest that participants did not re-appraise their past events to create alternate versions of the past; rather, they reinterpreted their events in light of their current circumstances (Skowronski et al, 2004;Ritchie & Batteson, 2013;Walker et al, 2003b;). We encourage researchers to employ different research methods to study the FAB; however, while sampling across different cultures it would be prudent to maintain methodological consistency.…”

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“…We encourage researchers to employ different research methods to study the FAB; however, while sampling across different cultures it would be prudent to maintain methodological consistency. Memory, epub ahead of print published online:14th February 2014, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09658211.2014 Second, this phenomenon has been meaningfully linked to other psychological phenomena, such as current mood (Ritchie, 2006), different types of event rehearsal (Ritchie et al, 2006;, social discourse (Skowronski et al, 2004), flashbulb memory (Bohn & Berntsen, 2007), psychological closure (Beike & Crone, 2008;Ritchie et al, 2006), event imagery (Ritchie & Batteson, 2013), and dreaming (Ritchie & Skowronski, 2008).…”

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“…This research suggests that many emotions evidence an overall pattern of affective fading. For many events, their associated emotions become less intense with the passage of time, some gradually, others abruptly (Gibbons, Lee, & Walker, 2011;Ritchie & Batteson, 2013). Importantly, this tendency for affective fading is biased such that negative emotions, on average, fade significantly faster than do positive emotions.…”

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“…They found that the FAB occurred within 24 hours after an event and that it persisted for at least three months. Recently, Ritchie and Batteson (2013) conducted a study that involved six separate assessments of multiple day-old events per person across a two-week period. In all, these results converged with the extant FAB research by demonstrating the speed and ease with which the FAB occurs, as well as its persistence.…”

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A pancultural perspective on the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory

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Bohn

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The Fading Affect Bias (FAB) refers to the negative affect associated with autobiographical events fading faster than the positive affect associated with such events, a reliable and valid valence effect established by researchers in the U.S.A. The present study examined the idea that the FAB is a ubiquitous emotion regulating phenomenon in autobiographical memory that is present in people from a variety of cultures. We tested for evidence of the FAB by sampling more than 2,400 autobiographical event descriptions from 562 participants in 10 cultures around the world. Using variations on a common method, each sample evidenced a FAB: Positive affect faded slower than negative affect did. Results suggest that in tandem with local norms and customs, the FAB may foster recovery from negative life events and promote the retention of the positive emotions, within and outside of the U.S.A. We discuss these findings in the context of Keltner and Haidt's (1999) levels of analysis theory of emotion and culture. Memory, epub ahead of print published online:14th February 2014, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09658211.2014 3 This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in A Pancultural Perspective on the Fading Affect Bias in Autobiographical MemoryThe human experience is replete with personal, emotional events. The emotions associated with life events can be positive or negative, fleeting or long lasting, disruptive or soothing. Emotions are constructed, in part, by biological and social mechanisms that moderate the affective experience and its expression. Much of the research on emotions has focused on immediate consequences for thought and behavior (Barrett, Niedenthal, & Winkielman, 2005;Damasio, 2003;Forgas, 2000). However, a growing body of research has begun to examine the fate of personal events' emotions over time ). This research suggests that many emotions evidence an overall pattern of affective fading. For many events, their associated emotions become less intense with the passage of time, some gradually, others abruptly (Gibbons, Lee, & Walker, 2011;Ritchie & Batteson, 2013). Importantly, this tendency for affective fading is biased such that negative emotions, on average, fade significantly faster than do positive emotions. This pattern of affect change is the Fading Affect Bias (FAB).The evidence for such a differential fading of positive and negative affect is robust and shows demonstratively that many adults evidence a FAB. Nonetheless, the majority of the early research on the FAB involved North American samples of university students, particularly those from the United States (Walker, Vogl, & Thompson, 1997). There remains the possibility that the FAB represents a cultural phenomenon, such that it may only be present in the relatively homogeneous samples thus far examined, within the U.S. To our knowledge, no prior work has provided data that enable us to compare the FAB cross-culturally' thus, the possibility of a culture-specific effect remains open. F...

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“…The FAB is diminished in individuals exhibiting dysphoria (Walker, Skowronski, Gibbons, Vogl, & Thompson, ), dispositional negative mood (Ritchie, Skowronski, Hartnett, Wells, & Walker, ), and trait anxiety (Walker, Yancu, & Skowronski, ). The FAB also varies across various properties of events, such as (a) event age (Gibbons et al, ; Ritchie et al, ; Walker et al, ), (b) whether an event is typical or atypical (Ritchie et al, ), (c) event self‐importance (Ritchie et al, ; Ritchie, Skowronski, Cadogan, & Sedikides, ), (d) whether events are psychologically open (e.g., are relevant to the current self) or are psychologically closed (e.g., are not seen as relevant to the current self; Beike & Crone, ; Beike & Wirth‐Beaumont, ; Ritchie et al, ), and (e) the vividness with which a memory is recalled (Lindeman, Zengel, & Skowronski, ; Ritchie & Batteson, ).…”

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Romantic relationships and fading of affect for memories of the shared past

Zengel

Lee

Walker

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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The tendency for the affect associated with positive autobiographical events to fade less over time than the affect associated with negative autobiographical events (the fading affect bias, FAB) has been observed in a variety of contexts, but numerous mediators have been reported. This current study searches for the FAB, and for potential moderators of the FAB, in the context of romantic relationship memories.Both nonsexual types of memories and sexual types of memories showed the FAB.Moreover, the FAB emerged for memories of current relationships, but not for memories of past failed relationships. The FAB also emerged for securely attached individuals, but not for individuals exhibiting other attachment styles. In addition, the FAB was moderated by relationship quality, (for failed relationships) need to belong, sexual esteem, and sexual depression. Implications of these findings both for memory and for relationships are discussed.

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Narcissism Distorts the Fading Affect Bias in Autobiographical Memory

Ritchie

Walker

Marsh

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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SummaryThe Fading Affect Bias (FAB) occurs when the affect associated with personal events fades differentially across time: Positive affect fades slower than negative affect. Three studies examined whether the magnitude of the FAB is moderated by narcissism. Results from Study 1 (diary method, N = 26) showed that low narcissism participants evidenced a large FAB, but high narcissism participants evidenced a reversed FAB. Results from Study 2 (retrospective recall method, N = 110) showed that low narcissism participants evinced a large FAB and that the FAB diminished or dissipated as narcissism increased. Results from Study 3 (retrospective recall method, N = 83) showed that high narcissists evinced a FAB when they recalled achievement‐themed autobiographical events but evinced a reversed FAB when they recalled communal‐themed events. These findings occurred independently of event rehearsal frequency. Results are discussed in terms of the idea that emotion regulation efforts may be disrupted in narcissists. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Perceived changes in ordinary autobiographical events’ affect and visual imagery colorfulness

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A pancultural perspective on the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory

A pancultural perspective on the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory

Romantic relationships and fading of affect for memories of the shared past

Narcissism Distorts the Fading Affect Bias in Autobiographical Memory

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