How “Stuff” Matters in Affect Control Theory

Lulham, R; Shank, DB

How “Stuff” Matters in Affect Control Theory

Lulham, R

Shank, DB

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: American Behavioral Scientist, 2023, 67, (2), pp. 270-289
Issue Date:: 2023-02-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lulham, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1639-2446
dc.contributor.author	Shank, DB
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-07T21:16:31Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-07T21:16:31Z
dc.date.issued	2023-02-01
dc.identifier.citation	American Behavioral Scientist, 2023, 67, (2), pp. 270-289
dc.identifier.issn	0002-7642
dc.identifier.issn	1552-3381
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/176305
dc.description.abstract	Physical artifacts are not neutral but are increasingly recognized across the social sciences as important to structuring meaning and social interaction. Affect control theory shows promise as a framework for articulating and exploring the role of the material world in everyday life. In this study, we formalize, extend, and elaborate this line of research, instituting physical artifacts within affect control theory. We examine how physical artifacts function within affect control theory as modifiers of identities. We undertake a full-scale identity-modification study, collecting affective meaning data from 825 respondents on 58 identities, 52 physical artifacts, and 212 artifact-modified identities across a range of identities and artifact types. We empirically estimate how physical artifacts change perceptions of identities and illustrate the application of the new equations by deriving artifact-modified identities from a range of hypothetical scenarios. Using a transformation of the equations, we also simulate how people may use physical artifacts to create a desired impression when occupying different identities. Through establishing physical artifacts within affect control theory, this research raises new questions and opportunities for the theory and those interested in the design, use, and experience of physical artifacts.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
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dc.subject	1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.classification	General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
dc.subject.classification	5202 Biological psychology
dc.subject.classification	5203 Clinical and health psychology
dc.subject.classification	5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
dc.title	How “Stuff” Matters in Affect Control Theory
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
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Abstract:

Physical artifacts are not neutral but are increasingly recognized across the social sciences as important to structuring meaning and social interaction. Affect control theory shows promise as a framework for articulating and exploring the role of the material world in everyday life. In this study, we formalize, extend, and elaborate this line of research, instituting physical artifacts within affect control theory. We examine how physical artifacts function within affect control theory as modifiers of identities. We undertake a full-scale identity-modification study, collecting affective meaning data from 825 respondents on 58 identities, 52 physical artifacts, and 212 artifact-modified identities across a range of identities and artifact types. We empirically estimate how physical artifacts change perceptions of identities and illustrate the application of the new equations by deriving artifact-modified identities from a range of hypothetical scenarios. Using a transformation of the equations, we also simulate how people may use physical artifacts to create a desired impression when occupying different identities. Through establishing physical artifacts within affect control theory, this research raises new questions and opportunities for the theory and those interested in the design, use, and experience of physical artifacts.

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