Cuando hablamos sobre nuestras emociones con los demás no siempre somos sinceros. En este estudio, las diferencias entre la experiencia emocional y lo que se comunicaría sobre ella, se pusieron de manifiesto cualitativa y cuantitativamente. Estas diferencias, entre lo sentido) y lo comunicado, fueron mayores en las situaciones de celos que en las de tristeza. Dos muestras españolas de varones y mujeres confirmaron estas discrepancias, apuntadas en trabajos previos con muestras italianas (Zammuner y Frijda, 1994). En esta ausencia de sinceridad tuvo una influencia relevante la categoría emocional implicada, el nivel de gravedad o importancia de las situaciones antecedentes (grave vs. leve) y el grado de intimidad mantenido con el interlocutor (pareja vs. conocidola), aunque eneste último factor sólo de forma tendencial. Estos resultados confirman la existencia de pautas de regulación en la comunicación verbal de las emociones.
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