Negative emotions are good too

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Trying to avoid negative emotions? Do not hurry. Even being in the most bad mood, you can get a lot of benefits from your condition. In particular, Australian scientists have come to the conclusion that a person in a bad mood is prone to deeper analysis and shows healthy criticism.

Scientists at the University of New South Wales made study participants feel good or bad by showing them relevant films and inviting them to recall pleasant and unpleasant experiences in their lives. In one experiment, subjects were asked to rate the reliability of some "urban legends" and rumors.

It turned out that volunteers who were in a bad mood were less likely to trust the information they received than those who experienced positive emotions.

The researchers also found that bad moods were less conducive to spontaneous decisions based on racial or religious prejudice.

Participants in the study who experienced negative emotions made fewer inaccuracies when asked to recall certain events. In addition, volunteers from this group were better able to argue their opinions in writing.

According to the head of the research group, professor of psychology Joseph Forgas, the results of the study indicate that not very good mood contributes to an attentive and thoughtful attitude to information, and also provides a more practical, compromise and successful communication style. In turn, a positive-minded person is inclined to show flexibility of thinking, be creative and engage in productive joint activities with other people.