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Marius Drugaș1, Alexandru Tiba1*, Ioana Sîrbu1, Simona Trip1, Daiana Miclăuș1, Rafaela Petriuc1, Ioana Sanislav1, Lavinia Rat1, Feliciana Borz1, Miruna Domuta1, Simona Pop2, and Mircea Pop2
1 Department of Psychology, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
2 Faculty of Medicine and Farmacy, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
Abstract
Appraisals are important processes involved in both healthy and pathological emotional experiences. Realistic appraisals are required for healthy positive and negative emotions. Instead, biased appraisals are involved in cognitive vulnerability to emotional disorders. We examined a specific type of biased appraisal, irrational beliefs, and their relationships with the experience of negative and neutral feelings, along with positive feelings in positive situations. 115 participants imagined eight positive situations and endorsed their ratings and appraisals of the situations and feelings they would experience in each situation. Correlation and mediation analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between biased appraisals and negative, neutral, and mixed feelings in response to positive situations. Results showed that participants who react to positive situations by endorsing high levels of biased appraisals reported experiencing more mixed feelings in positive situations. We also observed that mixed feelings are inversely related to functional positive feelings in positive situations. This research is the first to evidence irrational beliefs as a specific type of biased appraisal process involved in the experience of mixed feelings. Suggestions for the processes involved in well-being, the negative effects of positive fantasies, and mixed emotions are made.
Keywords: irrational beliefs, biased appraisals, mixed emotions, neutral feelings, positive emotions, positive fantasies.
Please cite this article as:
Drugaș, M., Tiba, A., Sîrbu, I., Trip, S., Miclăuș, D., Petriuc, R., Sanislav, I., Rat, L., Borz, F.,Domuta, M., Pop, S., & Pop M. (2025). Irrational Beliefs are Associated with the Experience of Negative Feelings in Positive Situations. The Role of Biased Positive Appraisals in Mixed Feelings. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 25(1), 77-98.
DOI: 10.24193/jebp.2025.1.4
Published online: 2025/03/01
Published print: 2025/03/01
