Phenomenal characteristics associated with real and imagined events: the effects of event valence and absorption
✍ Scribed by Lisa M. Destun; Nicholas A. Kuiper
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
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✦ Synopsis
This study examined the eects of emotional valence of an event and individual dierences in absorption on the phenomenal characteristics associated with real and imagined events. Each participant described four events. Two of these were real and two were imagined, with one pleasant and stressful event being generated for each category. Pleasant events (both real and imagined) contained more detail (visual detail, smell, and taste, and more information regarding location, time, etc.) than stressful events. In addition, higher levels of absorption were related to higher ratings for both real and imagined events (for both pleasant and stressful events). Discussion focused on implications for further research in source monitoring and other relevant domains.