Abstract
Abstract Variations in pleasant affect and variations in unpleasant affect have been found to lie on uncorrelated dimensions, whether measured as individual differences on one occasion or across time in the same individuals. In particular, the A-State scale of Spielberger's STAI contains two distinct factors, one measuring pleasant affect, the other measuring unpleasant affect. It is argued that this independence may disappear in the face of conjugal bereavement, as this experience seems likely to reduce the capacity for enjoyment as well as creating sadness and anxiety. Scores on the STAI scales and other measures obtained from 55 bereaved and 55 similar non-bereaved control subjects are used to test this expectation. Predictions are made about differences between the groups in the levels of the scores and in the within-group correlations between scores on the pleasant and unpleasant items of the A-State scale. Most of the predictions are confirmed but, unexpectedly, pleasant affect and unpleasant affect...
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