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Effects of achievement contexts on the meaning structure of emotion words
Gentsch, Kornelia Loderer, Kristina Soriano, Cristina Fontaine, Johnny R. J. Eid, Michael Pekrun, Reinhard Scherer, Klaus R.
Gentsch, Kornelia
Loderer, Kristina
Soriano, Cristina
Fontaine, Johnny R. J.
Eid, Michael
Pekrun, Reinhard
Scherer, Klaus R.
Abstract
Little is known about the impact of context on the meaning of emotion words. In the present study, we used a semantic profiling instrument (GRID) to investigate features representing five emotion components (appraisal, bodily reaction, expression, action tendencies, and feeling) of 11 emotion words in situational contexts involving success or failure. We compared these to the data from an earlier study in which participants evaluated the typicality of features out of context. Profile analyses identified features for which typicality changed as a function of context for all emotion words, except contentment, with appraisal features being most frequently affected. Those context effects occurred for both hypothesised basic and non-basic emotion words. Moreover, both data sets revealed a four-dimensional structure. The four dimensions were largely similar (valence, power, arousal, and novelty). The results suggest that context may not change the underlying dimensionality but affects facets of the meaning of emotion words.
Keywords
emotion words, context, achievement emotions, emotion components, meaning structure
Date
2018
Type
Journal article
Journal
Cognition and Emotion
Book
Volume
32
Issue
2
Page Range
379-388
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Controlled