Distinguishing Affective and Non‐Affective Reactions to Daily Events
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The study of daily events has been dominated by a focus on affective reactions to daily events. Although informative, this research needs to be complemented by research on non-affective and cognitive reactions to events. Although daily events are certainly related to how people feel, they are also related to how people think, particularly about themselves. The present article presents the results of a series of studies examining relationships between daily events and both affective and non-affective states. These results suggest that although affective and non-affective reactions to daily events may covary (e.g., when people feel badly, they may think more poorly about themselves and vice versa), this covariation is not perfect. Non-affective states covary with daily events above and beyond the covariation between events and affect, and affective states covary with events above and beyond the covariation between events and non-affective states.
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Daily negative and positive affect were measured with high and low arousal adjectives based on prior work.
“Daily negative affect was measured by responses to high (anxious/nervous, angry) and low (sad, sluggish) arousal adjectives; daily positive affect was measured by responses to high (enthusiastic, joyful) and low (content, relaxed) arousal adjectives (Nezlek, 2005).”
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- Authors
- Nezlek, J. B.
- Affiliations
- William & Mary (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nezlek, John B.
- ORCID
- Nezlek, John B.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-09-07
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1539-1568
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W2068424836
- Cited by
- 88
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 4.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- daily events, affective reactions, cognitive responses, self-concept, daily life events, affect and cognition
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Affect, Analysis of Variance, Humans, Life Change Events, Personality, Problem Solving, Psychometrics, Self-Assessment, Self Concept, Thinking
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