Interpersonal Relations: Effects of Color on Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Interpersonal Relations Effects of Color on
Emotions When Dealing With Interpersonal Conflict

• Michelle Flake
• Undergraduate Psychology Major
• Fort Lewis College
• Durango, Colorado

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Introduction

• The study of the effects of color has been
  researched prior to 1900
• Hatta, Yoshida, Kawakami, Okamoto (2002)
  investigated the effects of color on computer
  screens
• Related to physiological effects
• Jacobs Blandino (1992) studied the effects of
  color on paper
• Related to psychological effects
• Soldat, Sinclair, Mark (1997) and their study
  on cognitive tuning
• Related to processing strategy

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Focus

• The focus of this research is to study the
  effects of background color on emotions when
  dealing with situations involving interpersonal
  conflict.

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• A convenience sample of 59 students enrolled in
  various courses at an undergraduate college
• Participants were voluntary basis as well as
  classroom subjects

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Situation 3

• You have entered one of your paintings in an art
  contest. Your artistic abilities have been
  developing for some time and you have put a lot
  of time and effort into this piece. Further, if
  you should win a 1st or 2nd prize in the contest,
  then you will be invited to have a showing of
  your other works. After the judging, you find
  that your painting has not even received an
  honorable mention.
• Please rate your emotions for this situation on
  your answer sheet.

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Materials

• Three page questionnaire
• Consent form
• Questionnaire
• The Situational Self-Statement and Affective
  State Inventory (Harris Chambless, 1979)
• The dependent variables were measured using a 1-5
  scale with 5 being very descriptive of me and 1
  being very non-descriptive of me

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• Below is the scale you will use to rate each
  situation.
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• 5 Very descriptive of me
• 4 Somewhat descriptive of me
• 3 Neither descriptive or non descriptive of me
• 2 Somewhat non-descriptive of me
• 1 Very non descriptive of me
•  
• Please circle what you would feel in this
  situation.
• Situation 1
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• 1. irritated/ resentful/ angry 1 2 3 4 5
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• 2. worried/ concerned/ anxious 1 2 3 4 5
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• 3. suspicious/ distrustful/ doubtful 1 2 3 4 5
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• 4. calm/ determined/ confident 1 2 3 4 5

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Table 1
WHITE
RED
GREEN
P
Angry Anxious Suspicious Depressed Rationa
l
.090 .991 .562 .444 .965
X 11.41 SD 2.27 X 10.12 SD 3.14 X
8.18 SD 2.58 X 8.35 SD 3.02 X 8.18 SD
3.14
X 9.74 SD 2.54 X 10.00 SD 3.11 X
8.63 SD 3.00 X 8.47 SD 2.93 X 8.63 SD
2.91
X 10.30 SD 2.03 X 10.09 SD 2.07 X
9.13 SD 2.74 X 8.61 SD 3.13 X 9.35 SD
2.50
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R E S U L T S

• Graph for the angry emotion
• Results showed no significance for the emotions
  of anxious, suspicious, depressed or rational
• An effect approaching significance was found for
  the angry emotion which affected the white group
  most and the red group least

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F o c u s

• The focus of this research is to study the
  effects of background color on emotions when
  dealing with situations involving interpersonal
  conflict.

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C o n c l u s i o n

• The results of the test did not support the
  hypothesis.
• White - positive/benign
• Red - negative/threatening

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Problems

• Time allotted for the questionnaire to be
  completed
• Sample Size

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Further Research

• In the area of cognitive tuning
• Individual interviews
• Using more colors but possibly excluding white
• Using different simulation

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