Chapter 12: Pride – A Positive Self-Conscious Emotion
Eliciting Events
In this study (Tracy & Robins, 2007b) participants recalled and wrote about a time they felt pride. Then, participants rated the extent to which they felt a variety of pride-related words during this experience, rated their emotions on valence and activation, and reported on their cognitive appraisals. Then, researchers coded each story for a specific eliciting event category. Table 1 show the percentage of participants who discussed each eliciting event.
Table 1
Eliciting Events of Pride
| Type of Event | Example(s) | % of Total Events |
|---|---|---|
| Achievement | School, grades, exams, work-related events | 69% |
| Athletic | Winning competitive game | 18% |
| Personal | Personal goals or morals, being better person | 12% |
| Familial | Vicarious pride – pride when someone else achieves something | 1% |
| Relational | Vicarious pride – when romantic partner achieves something | 0% |
Adapted from “The psychological structure of pride: A tale of two facets” by J.L. Tracy and R.W. Robins, 2007c, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(3), p. 516. (https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.506) Copyright 2007 by the American Psychological Association
