Structure of self-reported current affect: integration and beyond

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Author's Abstract, COPYRIGHT 1999, American Psychological Association, Inc. Current affect has been described with various dimensions and structures, including J. A. Russell's (1980) circumplex, D. Watson and A. Tellegen's (1985) positive and negative affect, R. E. Thayer's (1989) tense and energetic arousal, and R.J. Larsen and E. Diener's (1992) 8 combinations of pleasantness and activation. These 4 structures each presuppose bipolar demensions and have been though of as interchangeable or 45 degrees rotations of one another, but past data were inconsistent. Huge but not perfect overlap among these four structures was found here in 2 studies of self-reported current affect (Ns = 198 and 217) that controlled for random and systematic errors of measurement. The 4 structures were integrated into a common space defened by 2 bipolar dimensions.

United States, Canada, Statistical Data Included, Emotions, Affect (Psychology), Personality, Personality (Psychology)

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Relationship closeness as including other in the self: cognitive underpinnings and measures

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Three significant issues related to cognitive indices of relationship closeness are examined. The three issues are, the ability of the indices to describe degrees of closeness within close relationships; the ability of the indices in differentiating various degrees of closeness and with what types of closeness they correspond with; and the relationship of the indices to other central aspects of the relationship experience. Results indicate that the indices can discriminate successfully among close relationships of various degrees of closeness. The discrimination is associated with subjective feelings of closeness.

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The contribution of attachment style and relationship conflict to the complexity of relationship knowledge

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Persons with a preoccupied attachment style differ from other individuals on how they organize knowledge about higher-conflict romantic relationships. This suggests that preoccupied individuals are more attuned to the positive side of conflict. They believe that they are important and worthy of attention even if the response from their partners are negative. Conflict has its risk but it also brings psychological benefits to highly-preoccupied people because they achieve greater intimacy with their partners.

Attachment behavior, Attachment (Psychology)

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