Reglas de despliegue emocional: estudio preliminar de un procedimiento de evaluación y análisis de sus implicaciones

in this investigation an evaluation procedure of emotional display rules (edr) based on hypothetical scenarios was adapted and applied to a sample of 11 boys, mean age of 9 years. just one of the 11 participants used edr and the others showed an inconsistent pattern of responses in terms of coherence between felt emotion and reported action, preference for whether or not to communicate the felt emotion and justification for communicating or masking the emotion. implications inherent to the use of hypothetical scenarios are discussed and the relevance of the concept of rule governed behavior in the design of strategies intended to evaluate emotional displays is pointed out.