Perceived Utility of Emotion: The Structure and Construct Validity of the Perceived Affect Utility Scale in a Cross-Ethnic Sample
Perceived Utility of Emotion: The Structure and Construct Validity of the Perceived Affect Utility Scale in a Cross-Ethnic Sample
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DOI：
10.1037/a0026711
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Berenbaum, Howard
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作者：
Chow, Philip I.;Berenbaum, Howard
这项研究引入了一种新的测量情绪感知效用的方法，即情绪在多大程度上被感知到对实现目标有用。在这项研究中，我们对142名欧洲裔美国人和156名东亚裔美国大学生进行了这一新的测量，即感知情感效用量表(PAUSE)。验证性因素分析为一种新的、了解文化信息的情绪分析提供了支持，并支持将情绪的感知效用与理想情感区分开来，理想情感是一个相关但独立的结构。接下来，我们探讨了情绪感知效用在文化研究中的潜在重要性。通过通径分析，我们发现：(A)文化相关变量(如独立性)在族群与情感效用知觉之间的联系中起中介作用；(B)情感效用知觉在文化相关变量与理想情感之间的联系中起中介作用。特别是，以自我为中心的情绪(如自豪感)的感知效用与这些情绪的独立性和理想情感有关。相比之下，以他人为中心的情绪(如欣赏)的感知效用与这些情绪的相互依赖、尽职尽责/自律和理想情感有关。讨论了情感在理解文化因素中的感知效用的含义。
This study introduces a new measure of the perceived utility of emotion, which is the degree to which emotions are perceived to be useful in achieving goals. In this study, we administered this new measure, the Perceived Affect Utility Scale (PAUSe), to a sample of 142 European American and 156 East Asian American college students. Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for a new, culturally informed parsing of emotion and for perceived utility of emotion to be distinguishable from ideal affect, a related but separate construct. Next, we explored the potential importance of perceived utility of emotion in cultural research. Through path analyses, we found that: (a) culturally relevant variables (e.g., independence) played a mediating role in the link between ethnic group and perceived utility of emotion; and (b) perceived utility of emotion played a mediating role in the link between culturally relevant variables and ideal affect. In particular, perceived utility of self-centered emotions (e.g., pride) was found to be associated with independence and ideal affect of those same emotions. In contrast, perceived utility of other-centered emotions (e.g., appreciation) was found to be associated with interdependence, dutifulness/self-discipline, and ideal affect of those same emotions. Implications for perceived utility of emotion in understanding cultural factors are discussed.