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| Enlace | - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09815-4 | |
| Autor | - Stavrova, O., Haarmann, L. | |
| Resumen | - Although perceptions of subjective well-being (SWB) in unacquainted others have been shown to play a major role in impression formation, little is known about how accurate such perceptions are. In two original studies and one pre-registered replication, we explored the accuracy of life satisfaction and happiness judgments from texts and its underlying mechanisms (use of linguistic cues). Participants filled in life satisfaction and happiness measures and completed a brief writing task. Another sample of participants judged the targets’ life satisfaction and happiness from the obtained texts. All three studies demonstrated a small to moderate self-other agreement. A linguistic analysis showed that targets with higher (vs. lower) scores on SWB were less likely to use negation words in their texts, which allowed observers to make accurate judgment of their SWB level. Two studies pointed at negative emotion words as valid and positive emotion words as invalid (but often used) cues to happiness, yet these effects did not replicate in Study 3. Happiness represents a desired characteristic in romantic partners (Veenhoven 1989) and perceived happiness in others is associated with higher ratings of interpersonal warmth and likeability (Fiske et al. 2007; Rosenberg et al. 1968). But how accurate is our perception of others’ happiness? Existing studies have reported a small to moderate association between individuals’ self-reports of subjective well-being (SWB: e.g., life satisfaction) and their friends’ or relatives’ judgment of their SWB (Schneider and Schimmack 2009, 2010). However, the accuracy of the perception of SWB at zero-acquaintance, that is, among strangers, has not received much research attention so far. In fact, given the subjective nature of affective experiences, it has been suggested that affective dispositions, such as SWB, are unlikely to be judged accurately in a zero-acquaintance context (cf. Watson et al. 2000). Herein, we sought to test this claim by investigating the accuracy of life satisfaction and happiness judgment at zero acquaintance: specifically, from text samples. Drawing from existing research on the linguistic expression of SWB (Tov et al. 2013) and Brunswik’s lens model (Brunswik 1956; Nestler and Back 2013), we proposed that people’s SWB level can be accurately detected from texts through a correct utilization of linguistic cues. Across two types of texts—travel reports and creative writing (poetry)—we explored whether independent observers can make accurate ratings of targets’ SWB and the utilization of what linguistic cues allows this accuracy | |
| Originador | - Springer | |
| Distribuidor | - Biblioteca de Ciencias de la Salud | |
| Idioma | - Español | |
| Categoría | - Artículo de revista | |
| Colección | - Recursos digitales para nivel superior (793) | |
| Idioma del recurso | - Inglés | |
| Temas | - Life satisfaction - Happiness - Accuracy - Positive and negative emotion words - Satisfacción - Felicidad - Emociones (20) |
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| Stavrova, O. Haarmann, L. How to tell a happy person: Accuracy of subjective well-being perception from texts. |