A contextualized emotion perception assessment relates to personal and social well-being

Konstantinos Kafetsios; Ursula Hess; Daniel Dostal; Martin Seitl; Petra Hypsova; Shlomo Hareli; Itziar Alonso-Arbiol; Astrid Schütz; Dritjon Gruda; Kelly Campbell; Bin-Bin Chen; Marco J. Held; Shanmukh Kamble; Takuma Kimura; Alexander Kirchner-Häusler; Stefano Livi; Eugenia Mandal; Dominika Ochnik; Ezgi Sakman; Nebi Sumer; Annalisa Theodorou; Ayse K. Uskul

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104556

A contextualized emotion perception assessment relates to personal and social well-being

Konstantinos Kafetsios
, Ursula Hess
, Daniel Dostal
, Martin Seitl
, Petra Hypsova
, Shlomo Hareli
, Itziar Alonso-Arbiol
, Astrid Schütz
, Dritjon Gruda
, Kelly Campbell
, Bin-Bin Chen
, Marco J. Held
, Shanmukh Kamble
, Takuma Kimura
, Alexander Kirchner-Häusler
, Stefano Livi
, Eugenia Mandal
, Dominika Ochnik
, Ezgi Sakman
, Nebi Sumer

Annalisa Theodorou, Ayse K. Uskul

University of the Basque Country

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Abstract

Emotion Recognition Accuracy (ERA) is vital for social functioning and social relationships, yet empirical support for a positive link with well-being has been sparse. In three studies, we show that the Assessment of Contextualized Emotions (ACE) which distinguishes between accurately perceiving intended emotions and bias due to perceiving additional, secondary emotions, consistently predicted personal and social well-being. Across thirteen world cultures, accuracy was associated with higher well-being and life satisfaction, and bias linked to loneliness. A social interaction study in Czech Republic found accuracy (bias) was positively (negatively) associated with social well-being. The effects of accuracy and bias on well-being were partially mediated by social interaction quality in a third study. These findings further our understanding of ERA’s social functions.

Original language	English
Article number	104556
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	114
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104556
Publication status	Published - Feb 2025
Externally published	Yes

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The research was supported by Research grant 22-15238S to K. Kafetsios by the Czech Science Foundation and partly supported by a research Grant by the Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Development by a Grant (KA10413) awarded to K. Kafetsios and the University of Crete. Also, the study was partially funded by a grant from the Basque Government to Research Groups (Consolidated Group \u2018Culture, Cognition, and Emotion\u2019; IT1598-22) and by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-115738 GB-I00). A previous version of this research was presented at ISRE 2024, Queens University Belfast. KK developed the research concept, conducted analyses in the first and second study and drafted the MS. All authors contributed to translation of materials, conceptual feedback and data collection. DD conducted the analyses presented in the third study and power analyses in all studies. All authors contributed to translation of materials, conceptual feedback and data collection. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for submission. The research was supported by Research grant 22-15238S to K. Kafetsios by the Czech Science Foundation and partly supported by a research Grant by the Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Development by a Grant (KA10413) awarded to K. Kafetsios and the University of Crete. Also, the study was partially funded by a grant from the Basque Government to Research Groups (Consolidated Group \u2018Culture, Cognition, and Emotion\u2019; IT1598-22) and by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-115738\u202FGB-I00). A previous version of this research was presented at ISRE 2024, Queens University Belfast.

Funders	Funder number
Grantová Agentura České Republiky
University of Crete
Queen's University Belfast
Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Development	KA10413
Eusko Jaurlaritza	IT1598-22
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación	PID2020-115738 GB-I00

Keywords

Emotion perception
Interpersonal interaction
Multilevel analysis
Well-being

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Kafetsios, K., Hess, U., Dostal, D., Seitl, M., Hypsova, P., Hareli, S., Alonso-Arbiol, I., Schütz, A., Gruda, D., Campbell, K., Chen, B.-B., Held, M. J., Kamble, S., Kimura, T., Kirchner-Häusler, A., Livi, S., Mandal, E., Ochnik, D., Sakman, E., ... Uskul, A. K. (2025). A contextualized emotion perception assessment relates to personal and social well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 114, Article 104556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104556

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