Key result
Exposure to anger-eliciting film clips produced a physiological reappraisal pattern with lower heart rate and higher heart rate variability, and triggered blends of negative emotions.
Why the study?
To better understand the effect of film clips designed to elicit different intensities of anger on feelings and cardiac activity.
Do film clips selected to elicit anger alter feelings and cardiac activity in volunteers?
Do film clips selected to elicit anger alter feelings and cardiac activity in volunteers?
Anger-eliciting film clips induce a blend of negative emotions and a physiological reappraisal pattern marked by decreased heart rate and increased heart rate variability.
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Anger film clips may shift cardiac autonomic markers with mixed emotions; leaves open generalizability to clinical populations or real-world triggers.
We sought to better understand the effect of film clips supposed to elicit different intensities of anger on feelings and cardiac activity among our participants. In experiment 1, we tested in 21 volunteers the ability of two film clips to elicit two intensities of anger: a slight one and strong one. In experiment 2, we used the same film clips in order to investigate, in 36 volunteers, how cardiovascular patterns may differ between the emotional states we elicited. Results suggest that the film clips produced a physiological reappraisal pattern, with a lower heart rate and higher heart rate variability values (RMSSD and SD1) during exposure to film clips that were selected to elicit anger. Results of both experiments also suggest that film clips selected to elicit anger, not only triggered anger, but also other negative emotions. Consequently, we propose a method of assessing emotions which takes emotion blends into account.
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Lafont et al. (2019) studied this question. Anger-eliciting film clips was evaluated on Feelings and cardiac activity (heart rate and heart rate variability). Exposure to anger-eliciting film clips produced a physiological reappraisal pattern with lower heart rate and higher heart rate variability, and triggered blends of negative emotions.
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