Abstract according to an increasingly influential approach to the study of emotion, known as
appraisal theory, emotions are inherently relational, or interactional/thus emotions are seen …

The scientific study of emotion has long been dominated by theories emphasizing the
subjective experience of emotions and their accompanying expressive and physiological …

It is not our purpose in this chapter to take issue with appraisal theory. The fact that appraisal
theory has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the emotion process is …

Appraisal theories of emotion hold that it is the way a person interprets a situation--rather
than the situation itself--that gives rise to one emotion rather than another emotion (or no …

Usually, people's emotions arise from their perceptions of their circumstances-immediate,
imagined, or remembered. This idea has been implicit in many philosophical treatments of …

The present study is intended to replicate, extend, and test Smith and Ellsworth's appraisal
model of emotion. Twenty-six subjects were asked to recall eight different situations that …

According to appraisal theory, emotions result from an individual's meaning analysis of the
implications of his/her circumstances for personal well-being, and individual differences in …

Appraisal theories of emotion have two fundamental assumptions:(a) that there are
regularities to be discovered between situations and components of emotional episodes …

Reviews progress in efforts to investigate whether, and to what degree, the appraisal
construct can be used to elucidate the antecedents of, and the organization of physiological …

Abstract A recent theory (Roseman, 1979, 1984) attempts to specify the particular appraisals
of events that elicit 16 discrete emotions. This study tested hypotheses from the latest …