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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Timothy D.
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-19T14:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationWilson, Timothy D., and Daniel T. Gilbert. 2008. Explaining away a model of affective adaptation. Perspectives on Psychological Science 3(5): 370-386.en
dc.identifier.issn1745-6916en
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3117932
dc.description.abstractWe propose a model of affective adaptation, the processes whereby affective responses weaken after one or more exposures to emotional events. Drawing on previous research, our approach, represented by the acronym AREA, holds that people attend to self-relevant, unexplained events, react emotionally to these events, explain or reach an understanding of the events, and thereby adapt to the events (i.e., they attend less and have weaker emotional reactions to them). We report tests of new predictions about people's reactions to pleasurable events and discuss the implications of the model for how people cope with negative events, experience emotion in different cultures, and other topics.en
dc.description.sponsorshipPsychologyen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishingen
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00085.xen
dash.licenseLAA
dc.titleExplaining Away A Model of Affective Adaptationen
dc.relation.journalPerspectives on Psychological Scienceen
dash.depositing.authorGilbert, Daniel
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00085.x*
dash.contributor.affiliatedGilbert, Daniel
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9865-4445


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