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Positive Emotions’ Effect on Buffering and Creativity: An Experimental Design

dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Craig (Craig Alexander)
dc.contributor.advisorKirby, Leslie D. (Leslie Deneen)
dc.contributor.authorOng, Katrina
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-19T17:50:26Z
dc.date.available2013-05-19T17:50:26Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-07
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/5269
dc.descriptionPSY 296B: Honors Psychology; Professor Leslie D. Kirby. Includes a Powerpoint presentation.en_US
dc.description.abstractExtending beyond the Undoing Hypothesis and the Broaden-and-Build theory, this experimental design tested whether participants induced with a positive emotion would respond less, using self-report measures, to a mild achievement and social stressor compared to those in a neutral condition. Compared to a neutral condition, participants induced with a positive emotion reported enhanced positive affect. However, participants in the positive condition compared to participants in the neutral condition did not demonstrate any differences in their emotional response to a mild stressor of listing words that begin with a “J” for two minutes while being recorded. Results failed to yield conclusive evidence of buffering, but successfully induced positive affect as well as induced a mild stressor. Additional data suggests that participants induced with a positive emotion listed more J-words during the stressor task, thereby supporting the Broaden-and Build theory. Suggestions for further research include analyzing responses to different stressors that are more sensitive to creativity and cognitive flexibility as well as exploring how trait based optimism rather than emotionally induced positive emotions may act as a buffer.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences under the Direction of Dr. Craig Smith and Leslie Kirbyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.subjectemotion bluntingen_US
dc.subjectbufferingen_US
dc.subjectBroaden-and-Build theoryen_US
dc.subjectpositive emotionsen_US
dc.subjectstressoren_US
dc.subject.lcshEmotionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCreative abilityen_US
dc.subject.lcshOptimismen_US
dc.subject.lcshStress (Psychology)en_US
dc.titlePositive Emotions’ Effect on Buffering and Creativity: An Experimental Designen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.schoolVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.description.departmentPsychological Sciencesen_US


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