Affect - Classification
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A classification of controlled interpersonal affect regulation strategies.

30 Jul 2009 Controlled interpersonal affect regulation refers to the deliberate regulation of someone else's affect. Building on existing research concerning this everyday process, the authors describe the development of a theoretical classification scheme that ... Read more...

Opposing influences of affective state valence on visual cortical encoding.

Jun 2009 Positive and negative emotional states are thought to have originated from fundamentally opposing approach and avoidance behaviors. Furthermore, affective valence has been hypothesized to exert opposing biases in cognitive control. Here we examined ... Read more...

Psychometric properties of the Affect Intensity and Reactivity Measure adapted for Youth (AIR-Y).

30 May 2009 A valid and reliable instrument for measuring affect intensity does not exist for adolescents; such a measure may help to refine understanding of emotion among youths. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Affect - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A classification of controlled interpersonal affect regulation strategies. 30 Jul 2009
• Should screening for depression among children and adolescents be demedicalized? 29 Jun 2009
• Medicalize depression, not sadness. 29 Jun 2009
• Opposing influences of affective state valence on visual cortical encoding. Jun 2009
• Psychometric properties of the Affect Intensity and Reactivity Measure adapted for Youth (AIR-Y). 30 May 2009
• Do mood symptoms subdivide the schizophrenia phenotype? Association of the GMP6A gene with a depression subgroup. 3 Sep 2008
• Differential stability and individual growth trajectories of big five and affective traits during young adulthood. 3 Mar 2008
• Early-emerging cognitive vulnerability to depression and the serotonin transporter promoter region polymorphism. 2 Sep 2007
• Convergent validity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI): association with the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV). 30 May 2007
• Sixteen-item Anxiety Sensitivity Index: confirmatory factor analytic evidence, internal consistency, and construct validity in a young adult sample from the Netherlands. 30 May 2007
• A momentary sampling study of the affective experience following coital events in adolescents. 3 Feb 2007
• Stress detection in computer users through non-invasive monitoring of physiological signals. 30 Dec 2005
• Mood swings: variability in the use of the Profile of Mood States. 29 Nov 2004
• [Mood disorders. Bipolar psychosis] 28 Apr 2004
• Development and validation of a new global well-being outcomes rating scale for integrative medicine research. 13 Jan 2004
• Correlates of falls and fear of falling among adults with rheumatoid arthritis. 13 Oct 2003
• Relationships between altruistic activity and positive and negative affect among low-income older adult service providers. 29 Jun 2003
• Revisiting Bloom's taxonomy for ethics and other educational domains. 30 Dec 2002
• Facial affect recognition in criminal psychopaths. 29 Nov 2002
• A two-factor model for predicting when a couple will divorce: exploratory analyses using 14-year longitudinal data. 30 Dec 2001

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Technical information about 'Affect'

Definition: The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves.

Descriptor UI: D000339

Alternative terms: Affect; Affects; Mood; Moods;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.470.047;

History Note: 65(64); was see under EMOTIONS 1963-64