The study of perception bias toward affect emoticon on SNS among individuals with emotion dysregulation

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ID18958873
AuthorsSe-Il Kim (Chung-Ang University), Seil Kim (0000-0003-3465-7118, Chung-Ang University), Yeon-Ju Park (Chung-Ang University), Kiho Kim (0000-0002-1878-1701, Sejong Cyber University), Jang-Han Lee (0000-0003-2026-6212, Chung-Ang University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume31
Issue8
Pages981-990
Publication date2021-11-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2020.1835775
OpenAlexW3120583888
LanguageEN
References cited29

This study investigated the perception bias on affective emoticons in individuals with emotion dysregulation and a maladaptive regulation strategy. A total of 289 students from the university completed 1) the Cognitive Emotional Regulation Questionnaire, including both adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotional strategies, 2) the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, 3) an emoticon rating in terms of perception intensity, based on 6 basic emotions. Twenty-six emoticons from KakaoTalk, a popular messenger application in South Korea, were used after arousal whereupon valence ratings were obtained. The results revealed that individuals with emotion dysregulation significantly displayed stronger perception to ambiguous affect emoticons in anger and fear emotions, as compared to the control. These findings suggest that individuals with emotion dysregulation may be more influenced by negative affect stimuli which then leads to daily negative affect bias

Anger · Arousal · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Emotion Perception · Emotional dysregulation · Perception · Psychiatry · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Clinical Psychology · Digital Communication and Language · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Social Psychology

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