APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

When Feeling Positive Makes Us See Negative: Nurutant Love and Negative Perception of Ambiguous Situation

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Flores Samantha Mae
    Saint Mary's College of California
  • Panameno Valeria
    Saint Mary's College of California
  • Taylor Perea
    Saint Mary's College of California
  • Makenzie O'Neil
    Saint Mary's College of California

Abstract

This study examined the effects of nurturant love and contentment on people's perceptions of an ambiguous situation. Results suggest that participants primed to feel nurturant love are more likely to perceive situations negatively than those primed to feel content or neutral.

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