The ACE Model of Emotions: What Separates Righteous and Sinful Emotions?

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Authors: Rodney L. Bassett, Catherine Luzadder, Patricia Manley, Rosemary Miano, Christen Santore, & Julie Putnam

Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Vol. 25(3), Fall 2006, pp. 195-204

The purpose of this study was to test the assumption made by the ACE model that what separates functional from dysfunctional (righteous from sinful) emotional experiences are the cognitive and expressive elements, not physiological activation. In this study, 36 students were asked to recall a past experience with functional or dysfunctional anger. Heart rate was monitored before and after the recollection. Following the recollection, students evaluated the experience along dimensions designed to tap the cognitive and expressive
aspects of the emotional experience. Consistent with the ACE model of emotion, the results revealed meaningful differences between functional and dysfunctional experiences within the cognitive and expressive domains but not within the physiological domain.

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