Sympathy or distress? The moderating role of negative emotion differentiation in helping behavior

• Published in: Asia Pacific journal of management Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 1429 - 1458
• Main Authors: Jeong, Sophia Soyoung, Gong, Yuanyuan, Henderson, Alexandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Affect (Psychology); Behavior; Business and Management; Emotions; Management; Morality; East Asia; Helping; Negative emotions; Hong Kong; Negative emotion differentiation; Feeling sympathetic; China

Past research has documented the many psychological and behavioral benefits of negative emotion differentiation, that is, the degree to which one can identify, distinguish, and describe specific negative feeling states. Drawing on Affective Events Theory, we argue that negative emotion differentiati...