A influência da expressividade emocional na sincronia psicofisiológica

Abstract

The present study intended to explore the relationship between emotional expressiveness and psychophysiological synchrony in the couple dyad, as well as whether the heart rate of each participant is associated with their emotional expressiveness. It was also examined whether the emotional valence of a dyadic interaction task affects the psychophysiological synchrony of the dyad. To that end, eight couples participated in a verbal interaction task in which they discussed among themselves positive and negative aspects of their relationship, while the heart rate of both members was being recorded. No relationship was found between the psychophysiological synchrony and the emotional expressiveness of the couple nor between the heart rate and the emotional expressiveness of the participants in this study. Moreover, there were no differences in the synchrony between interactions with negative valence (i.e. discussion of negative aspects of the relationship), or interactions with positive valence (i.e. discussion of positive aspects of the relationship).

Date of Award	24 Jul 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Patrícia Oliveira-Silva (Supervisor) & Eugénia Alexandra Sabino da Silva Fernandes (Co-Supervisor)