Positive Emotions Boost Enthusiastic Responsiveness to Capitalization Attempts. Dissecting Self-Report, Physiology, and Behavior

Lukasz D. Kaczmarek (), Todd B. Kashdan, Maciej Behnke, Martyna Dziekan, Ewelina Matuła, Michał Kosakowski, Jolanta Enko and Przemysław Guzik
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Lukasz D. Kaczmarek: Adam Mickiewicz University
Todd B. Kashdan: George Mason University
Maciej Behnke: Adam Mickiewicz University
Martyna Dziekan: Adam Mickiewicz University
Ewelina Matuła: Adam Mickiewicz University
Michał Kosakowski: Adam Mickiewicz University
Jolanta Enko: SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poznan
Przemysław Guzik: Poznan University of Medical Science

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, vol. 23, issue 1, No 7, 99 pages

Abstract: Abstract When individuals communicate enthusiasm for good events in their partners' lives, they contribute to a high-quality relationship; a phenomenon termed interpersonal capitalization. However, little is known when individuals are more ready to react enthusiastically to the partner's success. To address this gap, we examined whether positive and negative emotions boost or inhibit enthusiastic responses to partner's capitalization attempts (RCA). Participants (N = 224 individuals) responded to their partner's success. Before each capitalization attempt (operationalized as responses following the news that their partner won money in a game), we used video clips to elicit positive (primarily amusement) or negative (primarily anger) or neutral emotions in the responder. We recorded emotional valence, smiling intensity, verbal RCA, and physiological reactivity. We found indirect (but not direct) effects such that eliciting positive emotions boosted and negative emotions inhibited enthusiastic RCA (smiling intensity and enthusiastic verbal RCA). These effects were relatively small and mediated by emotional valence and smiling intensity but not physiological reactivity. The results offer novel evidence that positive emotions fuel the capitalization process.

Date: 2022
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