Kahmann, Daan (2022) Emotion dynamics in Tibetan monks and healthy Westerners. Bachelor's Thesis, Artificial Intelligence.
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Abstract
In recent years, studying the interactions between emotions using a network approach has gotten more popular. Studies using this method are offering more tools for studying emotion dynamics within individuals. These studies are mostly made up of Western participant and comparing emotional processes using the network approach between different cultures has yet to be investigated. Tibetan monks train for many years to be skilled in the art of monastic debate. This type of debate has been correlated with an increased ability to regulate emotions, since emotions are being provoked while debating, which makes for an interesting comparison with what is already known about Western cultures. Using the experience sampling method, where a questionnaire about the experience of certain emotions is answered each day for 7 days, emotions of the monks are measured. These measurements are compared to existing literature of Western cultures and a data-set using the experience sampling method. Results show that, for the monks, the guilty emotion was found to be of more importance compared to the Western data-set, having a greater effect on other emotions. Furthermore, monks showed higher reported values of both negative and positive emotions compared to healthy Westerners. These results indicate differences do exist and may help further increase understanding of emotions and especially emotion regulation, but research with more comparable data is necessary to investigate such conclusions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Vugt, M.K. van |
| Degree programme: | Artificial Intelligence |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 08:51 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2022 08:51 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/28443 |
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