Implicit self and affect regulation: Effects of action orientation and subliminal self priming in an affective priming task
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Two studies examined the impact of subliminal self-activation on affect regulation among action- versus state-oriented individuals. Action orientation is a regulatory mode characterized by decisiveness and initiative, whereas state orientation is a regulatory mode characterized by indecisiveness and hesitation. According to the model of intuitive affect regulation (Koole & Kuhl, in press), action-oriented individuals have stronger associations between the implicit self and affect regulation systems than state-oriented individuals. This prediction was tested in an affective priming task (Fazio, Sanbonmatsu, Powell, & Kardes, 1986 Fazio, R. H., Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Powell, M. C. and Kardes, F. R. 1986. On the automatic evaluation of attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50: 229–238. [Crossref], [PubMed], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). As expected, subliminal self primes triggered down-regulation of negative affect among action-oriented participants. By contrast, subliminal self primes triggered persistence of negative affect among state-oriented participants. Supraliminal self primes had no parallel effects. The implicit self may thus play a key role in affect regulation and volitional action control.
Source: Self and Identity
Authors: Sander L. Koole, Linda H. M. Coenen
Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2070071461