Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
22
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 53-63
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2016
Abstract
The present study examined whether the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) could be replicated in online, text-based communication, and whether both online and in-person social stress impacted emotion identification. Participants were college students (n = 58) who experienced stress elicitation either face-to-face (TSST) or online (e-Trier). They then identified angry, fearful, happy, and ambiguous angry-fearful facial expressions. The effectiveness of the TSST was replicated, while the e-Trier was only successful in eliciting stress at the mid-point of the task. In the less stressful conditions (e-Trier and control) men identified ambiguous expressions as significantly more angry than women, while this gender difference was not evident in the stressful condition (TSST). Men were also more likely to misidentify true fearful faces as angry. These results indicate that men tend towards over-interpreting angry expressions, but this gender difference is diminished with experienced stress.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
11 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 22 no. 1 2016
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Rabasco, Anna N. and Sheets, Erin S.
(2016)
"The effects of face-to-face and online social stress on emotion identification,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 22:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol22/iss1/7
Department
Dept. of Psychology