TY - JOUR
T1 - The Big Chill
T2 - Interpersonal Coldness and Emotion-Labeling Skills
AU - Moeller, Sara K.
AU - Robinson, Michael D.
AU - Wilkowski, Benjamin M.
AU - Hanson, Devin M.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Interpersonally cold (relative to warm) individuals may be less skilled in inferring the emotional states of others, a factor that should contribute to their poorer social relationships. Systematic support for this hypothesis was obtained in 4 studies (total N=434 undergraduates) involving diverse emotion- and affect-decoding tasks. Specifically, relatively cold individuals exhibited lower accuracy in decoding emotional facial expressions (Study 1), in labeling the emotions of others from audio and video clips (Study 2), in predicting the emotions of others from social scenario descriptions (Study 3), and in the normative accuracy of their word evaluations (Study 4). Altogether, the results demonstrate that cold individuals appear broadly deficient in linking emotion and affect to relevant environmental stimuli. Implications of the findings for understanding the nature and correlates of interpersonal coldness are discussed.
AB - Interpersonally cold (relative to warm) individuals may be less skilled in inferring the emotional states of others, a factor that should contribute to their poorer social relationships. Systematic support for this hypothesis was obtained in 4 studies (total N=434 undergraduates) involving diverse emotion- and affect-decoding tasks. Specifically, relatively cold individuals exhibited lower accuracy in decoding emotional facial expressions (Study 1), in labeling the emotions of others from audio and video clips (Study 2), in predicting the emotions of others from social scenario descriptions (Study 3), and in the normative accuracy of their word evaluations (Study 4). Altogether, the results demonstrate that cold individuals appear broadly deficient in linking emotion and affect to relevant environmental stimuli. Implications of the findings for understanding the nature and correlates of interpersonal coldness are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00738.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00738.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22092161
AN - SCOPUS:84861191508
SN - 0022-3506
VL - 80
SP - 703
EP - 724
JO - Journal of personality
JF - Journal of personality
IS - 3
ER -