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APS Virtual Poster Showcase

Don’t Stop Believin’ about Emotions: Extending Knowledge about How Beliefs about Emotion Influence Emotional Functioning

Friday, May 22, 2020 · Virtual

Oral · Personality/Emotion

This symposium aims to extend knowledge regarding how beliefs about emotion influence emotional processes. Together these talks highlight different types of beliefs about emotion and methods of assessing emotion beliefs, and underscore the importance of emotion beliefs in social relationships, daily functioning and mental health.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Jennifer VeilleuxChair
    University of Arkansas

Presentations

  1. Emotion Malleability Beliefs and Coping with a Stressful Life TransitionElizabeth Kneeland, John Dovidio
  2. Beliefs about Emotions Predict Daily Emotional Experience and Perceptions of Momentary Willpower in Smokers and Chronic DietersKaitlyn Chamberlain, Kayla Skinner
  3. Mothers’ and Fathers’ Implicit Beliefs about Gendered Emotion Expression Jessica Seddon, Kristel Thomassin
  4. Do Beliefs about Emotions Change during Emotional States?Jennifer Veilleux, Elise Warner, Danielle Baker