Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood
Humans need social interaction with others for survival. Competition and cooperation are two somewhat opposed interpersonal strategies that help us to achieve both individual and shared aims and objectives. The aim of this research was to study whether autonomic activity is a good indicator of emoti...
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| Publication date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| Repository: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/153032 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/153032 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-016-9426-2 |
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| Keyword: | social interaction cooperation competition Electrodermal activity (EDA) mood |
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| author | Sariñana-González, Patricia |
| author2 | Romero-Martínez, Angel Moya Albiol, Luis |
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| author_browse | Moya Albiol, Luis Romero-Martínez, Angel Sariñana-González, Patricia |
| author_facet | Sariñana-González, Patricia Romero-Martínez, Angel Moya Albiol, Luis |
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| collection | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| description | Humans need social interaction with others for survival. Competition and cooperation are two somewhat opposed interpersonal strategies that help us to achieve both individual and shared aims and objectives. The aim of this research was to study whether autonomic activity is a good indicator of emotional activation in response to social interaction (cooperation, competition) or working alone, considering gender and outcome obtained in tasks (positive or negative) as moderating variables. We tested electrodermal activity (EDA) and mood before, during and after social (cooperation, competition) or working alone in men (64) and women (60), young-adult students from the University of Valencia. Higher EDA was observed in individuals taking part the cooperative than the competitive task. Further, men who competed showed lower SCLs than men who performed the other type of task. In contrast, women who cooperated demonstrated lower NSCRs than women who competed and men who cooperated. Participants with negative outcomes and women were found to have worse mood states. Our results may be generalizable to situations in which negotiation, mediation and cooperative strategies are relevant for decision making and/or problem solving. |
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| publishDate | 2017 |
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| spelling | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood Sariñana-González, Patricia Romero-Martínez, Angel Moya Albiol, Luis social interaction cooperation competition Electrodermal activity (EDA) mood Humans need social interaction with others for survival. Competition and cooperation are two somewhat opposed interpersonal strategies that help us to achieve both individual and shared aims and objectives. The aim of this research was to study whether autonomic activity is a good indicator of emotional activation in response to social interaction (cooperation, competition) or working alone, considering gender and outcome obtained in tasks (positive or negative) as moderating variables. We tested electrodermal activity (EDA) and mood before, during and after social (cooperation, competition) or working alone in men (64) and women (60), young-adult students from the University of Valencia. Higher EDA was observed in individuals taking part the cooperative than the competitive task. Further, men who competed showed lower SCLs than men who performed the other type of task. In contrast, women who cooperated demonstrated lower NSCRs than women who competed and men who cooperated. Participants with negative outcomes and women were found to have worse mood states. Our results may be generalizable to situations in which negotiation, mediation and cooperative strategies are relevant for decision making and/or problem solving. Springer https://hdl.handle.net/10609/153032 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-016-9426-2 |
| spellingShingle | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood Sariñana-González, Patricia social interaction cooperation competition Electrodermal activity (EDA) mood |
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| title | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood |
| title_full | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood |
| title_fullStr | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood |
| title_short | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood |
| title_sort | Cooperation induces an increase in emotional response, as measured by electrodermal activity and mood |
| topic | social interaction cooperation competition Electrodermal activity (EDA) mood |
| topic_facet | social interaction cooperation competition Electrodermal activity (EDA) mood |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/153032 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-016-9426-2 |