Inducing symptoms in high symptom reporters via emotional pictures: the interactive effects of valence and arousal.
Inducing symptoms in high symptom reporters via emotional pictures: the interactive effects of valence and arousal.
E. Constantinou,K. Bogaerts,I. Van Diest,O. Van den Bergh
2013 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.12.015
Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 49 Citations
TLDR
Findings show an interactive effect of unpleasantness and high arousal on elevated symptom reporting in high habitual symptom reporters, suggesting that different characteristics of emotional cues contribute to a somatic memory activation process leading to the experience of elevated symptoms.