ABSTRACT

The present study examines the self-reported impact of viewing more versus less eudaimonic Hollywood films using a retrospective study design. We investigate the role of three novel constructs in understanding people’s lived experience of eudaimonic narratives. These include two outcomes: acceptance of the human condition, or the perception that a film helped the viewer accept that inevitable challenges in life contribute to a meaningful existence, and viewers’ self-report of the film’s impact on their ability to make sense of life’s difficulties. The third is a mediator: emotional range, or the breadth of emotions experienced during media exposure. Findings indicate that more eudaimonic films can increase viewers’ ability to make sense of difficulties, their acceptance of the human condition, and their motivation to pursue moral goals, relative to less eudaimonic films, thereby extending the Mediated Wisdom of Experience perspective. These effects are mediated by feelings of elevation, poignancy, and emotional range. Additionally, value congruence between participants and the film viewed increases perceptions that the film helped them make sense of difficulties, their acceptance of the human condition, and their motivation to pursue moral goals, irrespective of whether the film was a more or less eudaimonic one.

摘要

本研究使用回顾性研究设计检查自我报告的观看更多与更少的真实性好莱坞电影的影响。我们调查了三种新颖的结构在理解人们对 eudaimonic 叙事的生活体验中的作用。这包括两个结果：对人类状况的接受，或者电影帮助观众接受生活中不可避免的挑战有助于有意义的生活的看法，以及观众对电影对他们理解生活的能力的影响的自我报告困难。第三个是中介：情绪范围，或媒体曝光期间所经历的情绪广度。调查结果表明，更多的真爱电影可以提高观众理解困难的能力，他们对人类状况的接受能力，以及他们追求道德目标的动力，相对于较少的 eudaimonic 电影，从而扩展了经验的中介智慧视角。这些影响是由提升感、辛酸感和情绪范围介导的。此外，参与者和观看的电影之间的价值一致性增加了这样的看法，即电影帮助他们理解困难、他们对人类状况的接受以及他们追求道德目标的动机，无论这部电影是否或多或少是一部真正的电影。