Coherence between subjective experience and physiology in emotion: Individual differences and implications for well-being.

ABSTRACT: Emotion theorists have characterized emotions as involving coherent responding across various emotion response systems (e.g., covariation of subjective experience and physiology). Greater response system coherence has been theorized to promote well-being, yet very little research has tested this assumption. The current study examined whether individuals with greater coherence between physiology and subjective experience of emotion report greater well-being. We also examined factors that may predict the magnitude of coherence, such as emotion intensity, cognitive reappraisal, and expressive suppression. Participants (N = 63) completed self-report measures of well-being, expressive suppression, and cognitive reappraisal. They then watched a series of emotionally evocative film clips d

SUBMITTER: Brown CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8158438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature