Are emotional clarity and emotion differentiation related?
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Distinct literatures have developed regarding the constructs of emotional clarity (people's meta-knowledge of their affective experience) and emotion differentiation (people's ability to differentiate affective experience into discrete categories, e.g., anger vs. fear). Conceptually, emotion differentiation processes might be expected to contribute to increased emotional clarity. However, the relation between emotional clarity and emotion differentiation has not been directly investigated. In two studies with independent, undergraduate student samples, we measured emotional clarity using a self-report measure and derived emotion differentiation scores from scenario-based (Study 1) and event-sampling-based (Study 2) measures of affect. We found that emotional clarity and emotion differentiation are: (i) associated to a very small and statistically insignificant degree; and (ii) differentially associated with trait and scenario-based/event-sampling-based measures of affect intensity and variability. These results suggest that emotional clarity and differentiation are distinct constructs with unique relations to various facets of affective experience.
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- Authors
- Boden, M. T., Thompson, R. J., Dizén, M., Berenbaum, H., & Baker, J. P.
- Affiliations
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Parkland College (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Carle Foundation Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Boden, Matthew Tyler
- Venue
- Cognition & Emotion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 961-978
- ISSN
- 0269-9931 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0600
- OpenAlex
- W2020387403
- Cited by
- 126
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 8 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 8.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cognition & Emotion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- emotional clarity, emotion differentiation, emotional experience, affect intensity, affect variability, emotion classification, trait affect
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Self-Assessment
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