33rd Annual Student Research Conference
The Role of Emo-diversity in Get-Acquainted Conversations
Erin K. Hannegan McKee*, Myranda Billington, Samantha Carroll, and Lydia Helfrich
Dr. Jeffrey Vittengl, Faculty Mentor
Emo-diversity refers to the variety and intensity of a person’s emotional or affective experience (Quoidbach et al. 2014). Greater emo-diversity has predicted better physical and mental health (Arewasikporn, 2016; Ong, Benson, Zautra, & Ram, 2018; Quoidbach, 2014). We tested how both affect level and emo-diversity predict social attraction between conversation partners. Undergraduates (N = 476) engaged in 10-minute get-acquainted conversations, completed a brief mood measure, and rated social attraction to their conversation partners. We found that higher positive affect and lower negative affect levels predicted greater success in get-acquainted conversations. However, emo-diversity added relatively little to prediction of social attraction. Additional research may clarify the limits of the mental and physical benefits of emo-diversity.
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Topic(s):Psychology
Presentation Type: Poster
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