ERIC Number: EJ1294123
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Publication Date: 2021
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Sources of Bias in Memory for Emotional Reactions to Brexit: Current Feelings Mediate the Link between Appraisals and Memories
Schmidt, Susanna; Muzzulini, Barbara; Levine, Linda J.; Tinti, Carla
Applied Cognitive Psychology, v35 n3 p819-827 May-Jun 2021
This investigation examined the relation between two sources of bias when people remember how they felt about political events: their current appraisals of the past political event and their current feelings about it. We assessed participants' memories for their emotional response to a major political event: the 2016 United Kingdom referendum on European Union membership. Participants reported their emotional experience and appraisals within 2 weeks after the outcome. After 18 months, participants reported their current appraisals and emotions concerning the referendum's outcome and their remembered past emotional response. The results showed that current negative emotions fully mediated the link between current appraisals and remembered negative emotions. We discuss this result within a feeling-is-for-doing approach.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Bias, Memory, Political Issues, Emotional Response, Time, Negative Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; European Union
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