Contextually appropriate emotional word use predicts adaptive health behavior: Emotion context sensitivity and treatment adherence

Healthy Communities Research Institute, Department of Psychological Sciences
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Abstract
Emotion context sensitivity is the ability to respond emotionally in a manner that is functionally appropriate for the context in which the emotion arises. This study examined the relationship between emotion context sensitivity and treatment adherence in adults with the chronic illness Thalassemia. Emotional responses were measured by examining the frequency of positive and negative emotional words used to answer two interview questions that created two different emotional contexts. Consistent with previous research on adaptive and contextually appropriate emotions, negative emotion words were related to adherence in the context of the disease itself, while positive emotion words were related to adherence in the context of coping.
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Article
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10.1177/1359105314532152
Publication Date
2016-05
Publication Title
Journal of Health Psychology
Volume
21
Issue
5
First Page
579
Last Page
589
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Healthy Communities Research Institute
Department of Psychological Sciences
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Harvey, M., Coifman, K., Ross, G., Kleinert, D., & Giardina, P. (2016). Contextually appropriate emotional word use predicts adaptive health behavior: Emotion context sensitivity and treatment adherence (1–). Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314532152
Harvey, Meredith, Karin Coifman, Gail Ross, Dorothy Kleinert, and Patricia Giardina. 2016. “Contextually Appropriate Emotional Word Use Predicts Adaptive Health Behavior: Emotion Context Sensitivity and Treatment Adherence”. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314532152.
Harvey, Meredith, et al. Contextually Appropriate Emotional Word Use Predicts Adaptive Health Behavior: Emotion Context Sensitivity and Treatment Adherence. Journal of Health Psychology, May 2016, https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314532152.