." ▁Specifically , ▁research ers ▁found ▁that ▁" anger ▁ev oked ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁issues ▁of ▁ju ven ile ▁crime ▁and ▁domestic ▁terror ism ▁correl ated ▁with ▁accept ance ▁of ▁legisl ative ▁initi atives ▁proposed ▁to ▁address ▁those ▁issues ." ▁Not ▁unlike ▁fear , ▁anger ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁close ▁( central ) ▁information ▁processing ▁including ▁of ▁persu as ive ▁messages . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁" un int ention ally ▁induced ▁anger ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁supposed ▁gu ilt ▁and ▁fear ▁appe als ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁to ▁correlate ▁neg atively ▁with ▁att itudes ." ▁ ▁Sad ness ▁ ▁Sad ness ▁ar ous al ▁has ▁been ▁associated ▁with ▁attitude ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁A ID S , ▁ill ic it ▁dru gs , ▁and ▁ju ven ile ▁crime . ▁ ▁Dis g ust ▁ ▁Dis g ust ▁ar ous al , ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁messages ▁oppos ing ▁animal ▁experiment ation , ▁is ▁correl ated ▁neg atively ▁with ▁attitude ▁change . ▁This ▁is ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁view ▁that ▁dis g ust ▁leads ▁to ▁a ▁re jection ▁of ▁its ▁source . ▁ ▁Pos itive ▁emot ions ▁ ▁Emp ath y ▁and ▁comp ass ion ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁recent ▁studies ▁support ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁comp ass ion ▁in ▁ske wing ▁moral ▁judgment . ▁The ▁research ers ' ▁find ings ▁show ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁key ▁relationship ▁between ▁moral ▁judgment ▁and ▁em path ic ▁concern ▁in ▁particular , ▁specifically ▁feelings ▁of ▁warm th ▁and ▁comp ass ion ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁someone ▁in ▁dist ress . ▁