%0 Journal Article
%T ChildrenĄŻs Heart Rate and Vicariously Aroused Affect in Response to OthersĄŻ Differing Emotional Experiences
%A Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous
%A David Wardenpppp
%J The Open Psychology Journal
%D 2008
%I Bentham Open
%R 10.2174/1874350100801010078]
%X This study examined vicariously induced Heart Rate (HR) patterns in response to othersĄŻ sadness, fear, anger and happiness, in children (N = 44, 22 girls and 22 boys, aged 7 to 10), when confronted with a brief emotion evocative film consisting of a series of evocative episodes each of which was of at least moderate intensity. HR was consistently higher relative to baseline in response to othersĄŻ fear (p < .001), sadness (p < .011), anger (p < .014) and the positive emotion of happiness/surprise (p < .002). These findings suggest that HR can reliably be used as a marker of vicariously aroused affect in response to a range of different emotions in children, given that stimulus intensity is at least moderate.
%U http://www.benthamscience.com/open/topsyj/articles/V001/78TOPSYJ.htm