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The structure of subjective emotional intensity.
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Emotions vary in intensity. But what is it that vanes? There are many parameters that can be considered parameters of emotional intensity, and it is unclear how these parameters are related. The main question of this study is: Is the subjective intensity of emotion one dimensional, and, if not, what are its dimensions? We sampled 222 instances of emotions, and for each instance subjects completed a questionnaire. The subjects also drew a diagram of the course of their emotion over time. A factor analysis of the intensity questions and the diagram variables yielded six factors: (1) duration of the emotion and delay of its onset and peak; (2) perceived bodily changes and strength of felt passivity; (3) recollection and re-experience of the emotion; (4) strength and drasticness of action tendency, and drasticness of actual behaviour; (5) belief changes and influence upon long-term behaviour; and (6) overall felt intensity. Most specific dimensions correlated moderately with overall felt intensity. Special attention is given to the relation between intensity and the duration of emotion.
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- Authors
- Sonnemans, J., & Frijda, N. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Venue
- Cognition & Emotion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1994-07
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 329-350
- ISSN
- 0269-9931 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0600
- OpenAlex
- W2114785251
- Cited by
- 186
- References
- 16
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- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
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- Cognition & Emotion (publishedVersion)
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- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- emotional intensity, subjective intensity, emotion duration, physical changes, passivity, action tendencies, behavior change, belief revision
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