Emotional Content of Social Representations and Interpersonal Communication.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

International Review of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-14 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.5334/irsp.919

Pascal Moliner, Anthony Piermattéo

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Abstract

Social representations (SRs) emerge from interactions among members of a group. These interactions enable individuals to share beliefs, build consensus, and maintain shared understandings. While interpersonal communication may initially be driven by the unfamiliarity of SR objects, it can also be motivated by the need for group members to cognitively process these objects when they are perceived as threatening or problematic. Thus, emotions elicited by an object in the social environment may prompt interpersonal communication. Two studies were conducted to test this hypothesis using online questionnaires. The first study (N = 294) revealed a correlation between the emotional tone of individuals' content regarding the SR of AIDS and the number of people with whom they discussed the topic. The second study, focusing on the SR of war (N = 246), confirmed these results. It also showed that social sharing related to "war" as an SR object is mediated by epistemic motivation. These findings are interpreted from a dual perspective: SR theory and the social sharing of emotions paradigm. They suggest that when a SR object evokes emotions, those emotions, in turn, drive the motivation to engage in social sharing.

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社会表征的情感内容与人际交往。

社会表征（Social representation, SRs）产生于群体成员之间的互动。这些互动使个人能够分享信念，建立共识，并保持共同的理解。虽然人际交往最初可能是由对SR对象的不熟悉所驱动的，但当群体成员认为这些对象具有威胁性或有问题时，他们需要对这些对象进行认知处理，这也可能是推动人际交往的动机。因此，社会环境中一个物体所引发的情绪可能会促进人际交往。两项研究通过在线问卷来检验这一假设。第一项研究（N = 294）揭示了个人关于艾滋病SR内容的情绪基调与他们讨论该话题的人数之间的相关性。第二项研究，关注战争的SR (N = 246)，证实了这些结果。研究还表明，与“战争”相关的社会分享是由认知动机介导的。这些研究结果从社会责任理论和情绪社会分享范式的双重视角进行解释。他们认为，当一个SR对象唤起情感时，这些情感反过来又会推动参与社交分享的动机。

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International Review of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： The International Review of Social Psychology (IRSP) is supported by the Association pour la Diffusion de la Recherche Internationale en Psychologie Sociale (A.D.R.I.P.S.). The International Review of Social Psychology publishes empirical research and theoretical notes in all areas of social psychology. Articles are written preferably in English but can also be written in French. The journal was created to reflect research advances in a field where theoretical and fundamental questions inevitably convey social significance and implications. It emphasizes scientific quality of its publications in every area of social psychology. Any kind of research can be considered, as long as the results significantly enhance the understanding of a general social psychological phenomenon and the methodology is appropriate.