AFFECT INTENSITY AND REACTIONS TO DAILY LIFE EVENTS
AFFECT INTENSITY AND REACTIONS TO DAILY LIFE EVENTS
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.51.4.803
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发表时间：
1986-10-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
EMMONS, RA
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作者：
LARSEN, RJ;DIENER, E;EMMONS, RA
两项研究考察了个体对相同水平的情绪刺激的情感反应强度的差异。在研究1 （N= 62）中，刺激为日常生活事件。受试者连续56天每天记录两个事件，并对他们对这些事件的情感反应进行评分。共获取5971条事件描述信息。这些事件描述被交给一个编码员团队，他们根据客观的好坏来评价每个事件。研究2向受试者（N= 187）提供了标准化的生活事件描述，从非常好到非常坏，并询问受试者对每个事件的情绪反应。根据他们对情感强度测量的反应，两个受试者样本被分为高情感强度组和低情感强度组（Larsen, 1984）。两项研究的结果是一致的。高强度受试者对实际和假想的生活事件的情感反应更强烈或更强烈。此外，无论事件引发的是积极的还是消极的影响，也无论情绪刺激被判断为轻微、中等还是非常强烈，这一发现都成立。本文从刺激强度调节理论和情感研究的角度对研究结果进行了讨论。
Two studies examined individual differences in affective response intensity to identical levels of emotion-provoking stimulation. In Study 1 (N= 62) the stimuli were daily life events. Subjects recorded two events per day for 56 consecutive days and rated their affective reactions to those events. A total of 5,971 event descriptions were obtained. These event descriptions were given to a team of coders who rated each event in terms of how objectively good or bad it was. Study 2 presented subjects (N= 187) with standardized life event descriptions, ranging from very good to very bad, and asked subjects how they would react emotionally to each event. Both subject samples were divided into high and low affect-intensity groups on the basis of their responses to the Affect Intensity Measure (Larsen, 1984). Findings were consistent across both studies. High-intense subjects responded to the actual and hypothetical life events with stronger or more intense affective reactions. Furthermore, this finding held regardless of whether the events elicited positive or negative affect and regardless of whether the emotional stimulation was judged to be slightly, moderately, or very strong. Results are discussed in terms of stimulus intensity modulation theory and prior research on affect.