Intensity profiles of emotional experience over time

Verduyn, Philippe; Mechelen, Iven Van; Tuerlinckx, Francis; Meers, Kristof; Coillie, Hermina Van

doi:10.1080/02699930902949031

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“…An event is perceived to be important when it has strong implications for an individual's major concerns (Sonnemans and Frijda 1995). Some of these implications may only become apparent over time which maintains or strengthens the emotion, causing the emotion to endure (Verduyn et al 2009b).…”

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Which emotions last longest and why: The role of event importance and rumination

2014

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Some emotions last longer than others. However, duration differences have only been explored for a small number of emotions and the observed differences have not been explained. The aim of the present study is to provide a detailed picture of variability in duration between emotions and to account for this variability. Participants were asked to recollect recent emotional episodes, report their duration, and answer questions regarding appraisals and regulation strategies. Out of 27 emotions, sadness lasted the longest, whereas shame, surprise, fear, disgust, boredom, being touched, irritation, and relief were the shortest emotions. One appraisal dimension and one regulation strategy accounted for almost half of the variability in duration between emotions. In particular, compared to short emotions, persistent emotions are typically elicited by events of high importance, and are associated with high levels of rumination. This conclusion holds across emotion duration definitions, and remains valid when taking emotion recency and intensity into account.

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Which emotions last longest and why: The role of event importance and rumination

2014

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“…The time series analyses for the breakdown and control scenarios were processed independently according to the following procedure, which was inspired by functional principal components analyses (Ramsay & Silverman, 2005), especially when applied to time series of affective intensities (Verduyn, Van Mechelen, Tuerlinckx, Meers, & Van Coillie, 2009). The time series were first grouped into time step × participant matrices, a 120 × 78 matrix for breakdowns and a 120 × 77 for control scenarios.…”

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Confusion and its dynamics during device comprehension with breakdown scenarios

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2014

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“…Initial intensity predicts the duration of an emotional episode (Verduyn, Delvaux, Van Coillie, Tuerlinckx, & Van Mechelen, 2009), but time profiles of emotional experiences can follow a number of patterns (e.g. skewness, number of peaks) and these profiles are influenced by features other than initial intensity (Verduyn, Van Mechelen, Tuerlinckx, Meers, & Van Coillie, 2009). Moreover, intense positive emotion is neither necessary nor sufficient for overall well-being.…”

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