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I am (un)happy but I don't know why: Subliminal positive-self statements effects
Bustin, Gaëlle; Weinberger, Joel
2013Society for Personality and Social Psychology
 

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Keywords :
Evaluative conditioning; Subliminal priming; Happiness
Abstract :
[en] This study provides evidence that positive self-statements can increase mood among unhappy people if they are presented subliminally. In study 1, participants with low and high levels of dispositional happiness were presented subliminally with the two words I AM which were immediately paired with a positive word. Results revealed that being exposed to subliminal positive self-statements seems to provide a boost in mood for people with less happy dispositions. Surprisingly, opposite effects were found for participants who had joyful dispositions: exposure to subliminal positive self-statements tended to lower their mood. Study 2 confirmed these results with an implicit measure of mood. Such results suggest that subliminal messages can affect emotions and highlight the necessity of taking personality into account in unconscious cognition research.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Bustin, Gaëlle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psycho. de la personnalité et des différences individuelles
Weinberger, Joel;  Adelphi University
Language :
English
Title :
I am (un)happy but I don't know why: Subliminal positive-self statements effects
Publication date :
January 2013
Event name :
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Event place :
New Orleans, United States
Event date :
January 17-19
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