In Study 1, 227 participants were randomly assigned to watch one of 8 videos of individuals sharing their experiences of burnout. The aim was to test whether empathizing with a fictional character and the personal relevance of a story can facilitate self-disclosure responses, as well as to examine the role of social cues and audio-visual formal features. This project focuses on self-disclosure, a relevant factor for reducing distress and improving mental wellbeing. Stylistic analysis of word combinations that participants marked as “striking” suggests that, rather than stylistic devices per se, readers’ depth of processing may enhance state empathy.Įudaimonic media entertainment has been shown to promote mental health, however, our knowledge of the underlying mechanisms that drive the effect is still limited. Full processing was associated with higher Comprehensive State Empathy Scale scores than Failed Processing. Participants’ open responses to one of two selected texts were categorized as either Shallow, Failed, Partial, or Full Processing of Foregrounding. We asked participants (N = 78) to mark parts of the text they considered as “foregrounding” (i.e., deviating from “normal” discourse), and we analyzed how they processed these stylistic aspects. The present study attempts to clarify such disparities, investigating the role of foregrounding in possible differences in readers’ processing of literary texts and its connection with readers’ empathic reactions. Event purchases through Mysterious Galaxy not only keeps our bookstore doors open, but also makes author signings possible.A considerable body of research has examined the age-old assertion that reading literature enhances empathy, however, mixed results have been found.
To get a book signed during one of our events, a copy of the event book must be purchased through Mysterious Galaxy. This event is free and seating is first come, first serve. Can Austin save himself and his daughter before the coming of the Devil’s Equinox? When Austin comes home one evening to find his wife dead, what follows is a secret world of bloodletting, rituals, and magic.
Later, he comes to discover the woman from the bar is his new neighbor, Regina. The Devil’s Equinox, John’s latest novel, has been described as “so powerful, so terrifying, so implacable in the evil it describes, that I could not stop reading.” (The Haunted Reading Room) One boozy midnight at a bar, Austin admits to a mysterious woman that he wished his wife would drop dead. His debut novel, Covenant, won a Bram Stoker Award for a First Novel and his sixth book, NightWhere, was a Bram Stoker Finalist in 2013. John Everson is a writer of horror and dark fantasy, having had 11 novels and more than 100 short stories published to date.
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