| Title |
Fret not thyself: The persuasive effect of anger expression and the role of perceived appropriateness
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Motivation and Emotion, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11031-017-9661-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jonathan Van’t Riet, Gabi Schaap, Mariska Kleemans |
| Abstract |
Anger expression is increasingly prevalent in Western mass media, particularly in messages that aim to persuade the audience of a certain point of view. There is a dearth of research, however, investigating whether expressing anger in mediated messages is indeed effective as a persuasive strategy. In the present research, the results of four experiments showed that expressing anger in a persuasive message was perceived as less socially appropriate than expressing non-emotional disagreement. There was also evidence that perceived appropriateness mediated a negative persuasive effect of anger expression (Study 2-4) and that anger expression resulted in perceptions of the persuasive source as unfriendly and incompetent (Studies 1 and 2). In all, the findings suggest that politicians and other public figures should be cautious in using anger as a persuasive instrument. |
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| United States | 7 | 28% |
| Spain | 4 | 16% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 36% |
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| Members of the public | 18 | 72% |
| Scientists | 5 | 20% |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 9 | 26% |
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| Social Sciences | 8 | 23% |
| Psychology | 8 | 23% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
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