We propose that emotion psychology would significantly gain from including narrative(s) and the conversational negotiation of appropriateness. Using the example of anger, we argue that narrators need to construct plausible narratives of emotional events to achieve validating responses by listeners. We argue first that narrators attempt to demonstrate that the appraisal conditions for their emotion are given so that the emotion fits the narrated events. Second, we argue that this in turn explains why narratives of specific emotions exhibit specific forms. Third, we argue that coping with emotional experiences is helped by narrating such that the fittingness of emotions is demonstrated. We conclude that narrative plays an important role for identifying, processing, communicating, and eliciting emotions.

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适当地叙述愤怒：对叙述形式和成功应对的影响

我们认为，情感心理学将从叙述和适当性的对话协商中获益匪浅。以愤怒为例，我们认为叙述者需要构建合理的情感事件叙述，以实现听众的有效反应。我们首先认为叙述者试图证明他们的情感的评估条件是给定的，以便情感适合所叙述的事件。其次，我们认为这反过来解释了为什么特定情感的叙述表现出特定的形式。第三，我们认为通过叙述来证明情感的适当性有助于应对情感体验。我们的结论是，叙事在识别、处理、交流和引发情感方面发挥着重要作用。