Projects
The influence of control on emotions Ghent University
Previous research has studied the influence of subjective control on emotions. Some studies showed an influence on the intensity of emotions, some on the valence of emotions, and some show that control determines the specific emotion (anger vs. fear). We examine the idea that the different effects obtained are due to the fact that different types of control were manipulated in these studies.
Unethical consumer behaviour: the effect of impulse buying on unethical consumer behavior and the role of moral emotions in in-store communication to prevent shoplifting: experimental studies Ghent University
Study 1. Experimental studies (in lab and in stores), about the negative impact of impulse buying stimulation by retailers on consumer unethical behavior, via the impact of temporary sensation seeking. Study 2. Experimental studies (in lab and stores) about the impact of fear appeals using fines versus social punishment on consumer shoplifting behavior.
The Emotions of Rational Agents. University of Antwerp
Disgust, the Emotions, and the Imaginary: Psychoanalytic and Phenomenological Perspectives KU Leuven
The contemporary discourse on disgust takes place in a “nature-culture” debate where it is considered as a basic instinct that is nonetheless uniquely human. Herein, disgust is usually defined as an aversive, real emotion that always has a “core”, automatic physical element, which can then also be taken up onto a more abstract, moral plane. Disgust, thus considered, is often unavoidable on the “physical” level, but ...
Intergroup contact and resistance against ethnic minority groups: the role of acculturation orientations and intergroup emotions. KU Leuven
The temporal dynamics of emotion regulation: The role of emotion sensitivity and anticipation Ghent University
This project will focus on emotion regulation (ER), which is the ability to influence the experience and expression of emotions. Studies on ER typically focus on emotions during the presentation of an emotion eliciting event, but the knowledge that a negative event is approaching can already trigger initial negative feelings. Possibly, in some individuals, these initial negative emotions might facilitate dwelling on negative self-referential ...
Sabbatical Agnes Moors: Book project “Emotions: theories and empirical research” KU Leuven
I plan to finish the writing of a book on emotion theories, entitled: “Emotions: theories and empirical research”. In 2014, I was asked by Keith Oatley to write a book for the series "Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction," published by Cambridge University Press. This is the longest-established book series published by a university press in the field of emotion research. Among distinguished authors who have published in it have been Paul ...