A. The Emotion Communication Lab
The
Affect Communication Procedure
The ACP was
designed for assessing affective and content aspects of emotional communication
in couple interaction
The ACP consists of three
parts: 1) An emotion recollection interview intended to assess the
communication of positive and negative emotions
individually. This is achieved by eliciting positive and negative
emotions and video-recording the interviewees' facial expressions. 2) The
second part involves editing the video-recorded facial expressions onto another
tape and in mixed order. The non verbal behavior of the interviewee is
separated from utterances during the interaction by switching off the sound
channel. 3) The third part involves partners' viewing the edited affective
episodes and judging the affect valence of the encoder (whether and to what
degree s/he felt positive or negative) and the emotion s/he was narrating.
In this way the following aims are achieved: i)
The interactional element of emotion and its
communication is stressed as encoding of emotion happens in an interaction
between the researcher and the participant. ii) Positive and negative affect
are generated from cognitive components. In the ACP participants are asked to
recall and describe to the interviewer positive and negative memories based on
their own life events. iii) In the decoding part, participants are asked to
assess their partners' facial expressions in terms of affective and cognitive
elements of the emotions. Results from a study of attachment and emotional
communication (Kafetsios 1994) have shown that the
technique discriminates between affective and cognitive components of
attachment working models.
Kafetsios, K. (1996). Conceptualizing and
Assessing Emotional Communication in Close Relationships: The Affect
Communication Procedure.
Cambridge: Author.
Kafetsios, K. & Campbell, K. (2009). Measuring non-verbal communication of emotion
in personal relationships:
The Affect Communication
Accuracy Procedure, Scientific Annals of the Psychology Society of Northern
Greece, 7, 1-30. [in
Greek].
|
Here you can find video examples of the affect communication (Files 10MB
each): video1 video2 video3 video4 |
|
B. TESTS AND MEASURES Adult attachment
Experience in Close Relationships-R - Greek Version
Experiences in Close Relationships (Fraley, Brennan & Shaver, 2000)
- Greek Version Tsagarakis, M., Kafetsios, K.,
& Stalikas, A. (2007). Factor structure, validity, and reliability of the Greek version of
the Revised Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR-R)
measure of adult attachment. European Journal of Psychological
Assessment, 23, 1, 47-55. |
|
MSCEIT Mayer-Salovey & Caruso Emotional
Intelligence Test - Greek Version Version 2.0 of the MSCEIT
(141 items Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso Emotional
Intelligence Test, 2002). The scale measures individuals’ performance on
tasks and ability to solve emotional problems. The test provides a total
emotional intelligence score as well as four subscale scores: perception,
facilitation, understanding, and managing emotion. Each
subscale comprises of scores in two sections described below in more detail.
The four subscales can also be conceptually distinguished in terms of Experiential (perception, facilitation) or
Strategic (understanding, management) aspects. |
|
Emotional and Interpersonal Skills at Work Test (Zammuner,
V & Kafetsios, K.) Kafetsios, K., Maridaki-Kasotaki,
A., Zammuner, V.L., Zampetakis,
L.A., & Vouzas, F. (2009). Emotional intelligence
and Career Choice: The contribution
of EI abilities and traits. Journal of
Career Assessment, 17, 4,
367-383. |