TY - JOUR
T1 - The Discrete Emotions Questionnaire : a new tool for measuring state self-reported emotions
AU - Harmon-Jones, Cindy
AU - Bastian, Brock
AU - Harmon-Jones, Eddie
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Several discrete emotions have broad theoretical and empirical importance, as shown by converging evidence from diverse areas of psychology, including facial displays, developmental behaviors, and neuroscience. However, the measurement of these states has not progressed along with theory, such that when researchers measure subjectively experienced emotions, they commonly rely on scales assessing broad dimensions of affect (positivity and negativity), rather than discrete emotions. The current manuscript presents four studies that validate a new instrument, the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ), that is sensitive to eight distinct state emotions: anger, disgust, fear, anxiety, sadness, happiness, relaxation, and desire. Emotion theory supporting the importance of distinguishing these specific emotions is reviewed.
AB - Several discrete emotions have broad theoretical and empirical importance, as shown by converging evidence from diverse areas of psychology, including facial displays, developmental behaviors, and neuroscience. However, the measurement of these states has not progressed along with theory, such that when researchers measure subjectively experienced emotions, they commonly rely on scales assessing broad dimensions of affect (positivity and negativity), rather than discrete emotions. The current manuscript presents four studies that validate a new instrument, the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ), that is sensitive to eight distinct state emotions: anger, disgust, fear, anxiety, sadness, happiness, relaxation, and desire. Emotion theory supporting the importance of distinguishing these specific emotions is reviewed.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:63573
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0159915
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0159915
M3 - Article
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 11
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 8
ER -