Hoemann Katie, Lee Yeasle, Kuppens Peter, Gendron Maria, Boyd Ryan L
Department of Psychology, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Box 3727, 3000 Leuven, BE Belgium.
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA.
Affect Sci. 2023 Apr 14;4(2):291-306. doi: 10.1007/s42761-023-00185-2. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Emotional granularity is the ability to create differentiated and nuanced emotional experiences and is associated with positive health outcomes. Individual differences in granularity are hypothesized to reflect differences in emotion concepts, which are informed by prior experience and impact current and future experience. Greater variation in experience, then, should be related to the rich and diverse emotion concepts that support higher granularity. Using natural language processing methods, we analyzed descriptions of everyday events to estimate the diversity of contexts and activities encountered by participants. Across three studies varying in language (English, Dutch) and modality (written, spoken), we found that participants who referred to a more varied and balanced set of contexts and activities reported more differentiated and nuanced negative emotions. Experiential diversity was not consistently associated with granularity for positive emotions. We discuss the contents of daily life as a potential source and outcome of individual differences in emotion.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42761-023-00185-2.
情绪粒度是创造有差异和细微差别的情绪体验的能力,且与积极的健康结果相关。粒度的个体差异被假定反映了情绪概念的差异,这些差异由先前的经验所塑造,并影响当前和未来的体验。因此,更多样化的体验应与支持更高粒度的丰富多样的情绪概念相关。我们使用自然语言处理方法,分析了日常事件的描述,以估计参与者遇到的情境和活动的多样性。在三项语言(英语、荷兰语)和模态(书面、口头)不同的研究中,我们发现,提及更多样化和平衡的情境与活动的参与者报告了更有差异和细微差别的负面情绪。体验多样性与积极情绪的粒度并非始终相关。我们将日常生活的内容作为情绪个体差异的潜在来源和结果进行讨论。
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