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Michel AubéMichel AubéUniversité de SherbrookeUniversité de Sherbrooke
The CommitmentThe CommitmentTheory of EmotionsTheory of EmotionsThe CommitmentThe CommitmentTheory of EmotionsTheory of Emotions
Tentative applicationsTentative applicationsto the diagnosis to the diagnosis and treatment and treatment of affective disordersof affective disorders
Tentative applicationsTentative applicationsto the diagnosis to the diagnosis and treatment and treatment of affective disordersof affective disorders
A sample storyA sample storyabout my uncle’sabout my uncle’sGRIEFGRIEF and and GUILTGUILT
…….…….
The words that came to my mind that day
were directly inspired by my modeland by the way
I envision emotions through it
A sample storyA sample storyabout my uncle’sabout my uncle’sGRIEFGRIEF and and GUILTGUILT
…….…….
The words that came to my mind that day
were directly inspired by my modeland by the way
I envision emotions through it
When I started working on emotions,I soon realized, as so many theorists before,
that emotions and needs were related,that they actually shared a common structure
I also realized that they both were kind of
motivations,actually they were motivational structures
and they belonged to MOTIVATION as the larger set
Motivational systems havea prototypical control circuitry
1986
When you look closer into whatactually gets compared
between actual and desired states
you essentially find resources :nutriments, water, rest, shelter,
etc.
Motivation is essentially about RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(acquisition, maintenance, protection, replenishment)
Question
If emotions do constitutea motivational system,
and if such systems are thereto manage ressources, thenwhat kind of resources
do emotions manage?
A little hint from Herbert Simon :
In human behavior, situations involving interactions with other human beings are characteristically more heavily laden with emotions than any other situations.
(H. Simon, 1967: Motivational and emotional controls of cognition.Psychological Review, 74, p. 37).
The essentially interactive nature of emotions
a) The argument from neurosciences
b) The argument from the antecedents
c) The argument from expression
d) The argument from psychopathy
e) … and the opinion of (a lot of) researchers
Question
If emotions are interactive,could the resourcesbe other agents…
even if they are unreliable?
Actually, things are more subtle:the resource is not the agentsbut their predisposition to be
helpful
The baby’s distress cry is not addressed
to the caregiver herselfbut to the attachment structure
that relates her to the baby
I tried to find a conceptcapturing this predisposition
and I found one that had appearedat about the same time
between the mid-fifties and the mid-sixties
in three domains of the social sciences,
three domains actually ignoring each other :
THE CONCEPT OF COMMITMENT
Genealogy of the Commitment concept
1957
1962
1960
Points of convergence between the domains at the root of the concept
Each domain: • reflects upon the enactment of intentions
• sees commitments as a coordination device
• stresses the cost in terms of resources involved
• stresses the motivational character of commitments
• sees commitments as dynamic processes
So I adopted the concept and gave it my personal color :
I envisioned commitments as 2nd-order resources,
resources that one can’t get directly but only
through an agent disposed to offer them
The processes that manage these resources
are the emotions :
EMOTIONS ARECOMMITMENTS HANDLERS
Basic structure of commitments
Going back to myGoing back to mya sample story …a sample story …
Commitments are all overCommitments are all overat the very core of at the very core of
emotions!emotions!
How use this to help How use this to help relieverelieve
those suffering fromthose suffering fromattachment wounds?attachment wounds?
Going back to myGoing back to mya sample story …a sample story …
Commitments are all overCommitments are all overat the very core of at the very core of
emotions!emotions!
How use this to help How use this to help relieverelieve
those suffering fromthose suffering fromattachment wounds?attachment wounds?
One interest of the modelfor this Workshop’s theme
is that it pinpointsvarious locus of intervention
for the therapist involvedin treating affective
disorders
One interest of the modelfor this Workshop’s theme
is that it pinpointsvarious locus of intervention
for the therapist involvedin treating affective
disorders
Locus of action forEmotionally Focused Therapy
Locus of action forEmotionally Focused Therapy
Locus of action forCognitive Behavioral Therapy
Locus of action forCognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michel AubéMichel AubéUniversité de SherbrookeUniversité de Sherbrooke
The CommitmentThe CommitmentTheory of EmotionsTheory of EmotionsThe CommitmentThe CommitmentTheory of EmotionsTheory of Emotions
Tentative applicationsTentative applicationsto the diagnosis to the diagnosis and treatment and treatment of affective disordersof affective disorders
Tentative applicationsTentative applicationsto the diagnosis to the diagnosis and treatment and treatment of affective disordersof affective disorders