Walle Eric A, Dukes Daniel
University of California, Merced, Merced, USA.
University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Affect Sci. 2023 Sep 2;4(3):463-469. doi: 10.1007/s42761-023-00217-x. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Valence is central to the experience of emotion. However, to the detriment of affective science, it is often ill-defined and poorly operationalized. Being more precise about what is meant by valence would make for more readily comparable emotion stimuli, methodologies, and results, and would promote consideration of the diversity, complexity, and function of discrete emotions. This brief review uses prior literature and an informal survey of affective scientists to illustrate disagreements in conceptualizing valence. Next, we describe issues of valence in affective science, particularly as they pertain to the emotion process, the functions of emotion, and precision in empirical research. We conclude by providing recommendations for the future of valence in affective science.
效价是情感体验的核心。然而，对情感科学不利的是，它常常定义不明确且操作性差。更精确地界定效价的含义将有助于使情感刺激、方法和结果更易于比较，并将促进对离散情感的多样性、复杂性和功能的思考。这篇简短的综述利用先前的文献以及对情感科学家的一项非正式调查，来说明在效价概念化方面存在的分歧。接下来，我们描述情感科学中效价的问题，特别是它们与情感过程、情感功能以及实证研究中的精确性相关的问题。我们通过为情感科学中效价的未来发展提供建议来得出结论。
