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Análise Psicológica

 ISSN 0870-8231

     

 

Estados afectivos, percepção do risco e do suporte social: A familiaridade e a relevância como moderadores nas respostas de congruência com o estado de espírito

 

ANÍBAL MANUEL PEREIRA HENRIQUES (*)

MARIA LUÍSA LIMA (**)

 

RESUMO

Dois estudos testam os efeitos da familiaridade e da relevância na infusão de afecto (Forgas, 1995), em dois tipos de cognição: a percepção do risco e a percepção do suporte social. No estudo do suporte social participantes em diferentes estados de espírito avaliaram quantas pessoas consideravam disponíveis para os apoiar em situações com diferentes graus de familiaridade e relevância. Os resultados mostram um efeito de infusão de afecto apenas nas situações menos familiares. No estudo da percepção do risco, participantes em diferentes estados de espírito avaliaram a probabilidade de acontecimentos negativos familiares e menos familiares, para alvos relevantes e menos relevantes. Os resultados mostram um enviesamento optimista qualificado por um efeito de interacção: riscos familiares só originam invulnerabilidade única quando o estado de espírito é negativo.

Palavras-chave: Infusão de afecto, percepção do risco, percepção do suporte social.

 

ABSTRACT

Two studies examined the effects of familiarity and relevance in affect infusion (Forgas, 1995), with two types of cognition: risk perception and perceived social support. In the social support study, participants in different affective states assessed how many people they perceived as available to support them in situations with different degrees of familiarity and relevance. Results showed an «affect infusion» effect only on less familiar situations. In the risk perception study, participants in different affective states assessed the probability of familiar and unfamiliar negative events to relevant and irrelevant targets. Results showed an optimistic bias qualified by an interaction effect: the perceived unique invulnerability is stronger in the negative mood condition, the only condition capable of inducing unique invulnerability with familiar events.

Key words: Affect infusion, risk perception, perceived social support.

 

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(*) Universidade Independente, Lisboa.

(**) Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisboa.

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