IKD-Studie in der Social Psychology

In der Social Psychology wurde folgender Artikel angenommen:

Schröder, T., Netzel, J., Schermuly, C. C., & Scholl, W. (in press). Culture-constrained affective consistency of interpersonal behavior. A test of affect control theory with nonverbal expressions. Social Psychology.

Es basiert auf IKD-Daten, die sequenzanalytisch ausgewertet wurden. Das Abstract des Artikels lautet wie folgt:

We examined the core hypothesis of affect control theory (ACT; Heise, 2007) that human social interaction is guided by culture-constrained affective consistency. Our study is the first empirical test of this principle applied to nonverbal behavior. 120 subjects in 60 dyads were videotaped during a problem-solving task. Their interactions were subdivided into discrete meaningful events and assigned ratings of the friendliness, dominance, and activity displayed by the interactants. We used a computational model based on ACT to predict frequencies of, and likely sequences between, specific patterns of interpersonal affect. The model predicted the data well. We argue that assuming a principle of consistency is valuable for understanding not only individual social cognition, but also the interdependencies between individuals, social settings, and culture.