Mixed feelings, mixed outcomes? When emotionally ambivalent framing enhances idea appreciation
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Despite growing interest in how linguistic strategies shape audience responses to innovative ideas, prior evidence on the benefits of using emotional language remains mixed. Building on research on emotional ambivalence and social evaluation, we introduce the concept of emotionally ambivalent framing (i.e., the combination of ...
Donato Cutolo +2 more
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Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard‐of‐Hearing Employees
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Everyone experiences disrupted interactions in their everyday life. However, research indicates that people with functional impairments are particularly exposed to patterns of interactional inequality at work. Despite this, little is known about the specific disrupted interactions in everyday life and the various types of interactional struggles this ...
Ida Friis Thing
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Effects of laughter yoga on reducing depression and anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder and parenting stress in their parents: study protocol for a randomised-controlled feasibility trial. [PDF]
BMJ OpenChung JOK +4 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study of first‐year primary school draws on Goffman's concept of “collective behavior” to examine how order is established and disrupted through the mutual adjustment of all participants' actions. We employed a multi‐method longitudinal design, using semi‐standardized observations and qualitative interviews with teachers and children at three ...
Doris Bühler‐Niederberger +2 more
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Beyond Humor: Laughter as a Cardiovascular Stimulus. [PDF]
Arq Bras CardiolStein R, Andrade CDS, Ferrari F.
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This article introduces the concept of excluded participation to examine how inclusion and exclusion are negotiated in real time within a Danish fifth‐grade classroom. Using a micro‐sociological framework, particularly the work of Erving Goffman, the study focuses on the case of Anders, a student whose participation is symbolically recognized yet ...
Jørn Bjerre
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Laughter intervention for stress reduction in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. [PDF]
BMC PsycholLi L, Cui Y, Guo X, Zhou Y, Tang Y.
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“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study investigates how participants manage the decision to end or continue their conversation when directly asked about their preferences. The dataset consists of 19 conversations where the researcher explicitly asked if the two participants wanted to continue their conversation, thus causing some potential interactional trouble for the ...
Emmi Koskinen
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Laughter Exercise for Symptomatic Improvement in Dry Eye Following Cataract Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
Clin OphthalmolTan Y, Qin D, Zhou Y, Ru Y, Song X.
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Contrastive Self‐Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study explores how speakers defend morally sanctionable cultural stereotypes from challenges in adult second language classrooms. Within the conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis frameworks, I examine two extended video‐recorded class discussions in which students maintain face‐threatening, stereotypical portrayals of ...
Nadja Tadic
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