JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON EMOTIONS
Online ISSN : 1882-8949
Print ISSN : 1882-8817
ISSN-L : 1882-8817
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Changing implicit valence by positive biased retelling
Kenichiro Sato Hiroyuki SuzukiSusumu Ogawa
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2023 Volume 30 Issue 3 Pages 45-51

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The present study examined whether positive biased retelling changes one’s implicit valence. Participants completed the Go/No-go Association Task (GNAT) to measure their implicit valence toward entrance examinations, before and after story retelling session. In the session, the participants in the biased retelling condition (n=37) talked about their experiences preparing for university entrance examination as “happy” experiences, and the participants in the unbiased retelling condition (n=36) talked about their actual experiences. After the session, implicit valence became positive in the biased retelling group, whereas it did not change in the unbiased retelling group. The result shows that implicit valence may be changed by biased retelling.

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