Range Of Emotional Experiences Research Articles

Living with a person with young onset dementia - spousal experience.

Being of working age while at the same time needing to help a partner with young onset dementia has specific consequences for spouses. Research to date has been sparse concerning this particular group of spouses. The aim of the study was to explore spouses' everyday experiences when living with a person with young onset dementia. The study had a descriptive qualitative design with semi-structured interviews with nine spouses. The interviews were analysed using content analysis. The interviewed spouses experienced emotions that varied from feelings of loneliness, frustration, and worry to peace of mind. They said that they used coping strategies, which included adopting a positive mindset, adapting to inabilities, adopting an avoidant approach, and finding ways to recharge. Spouses also felt that they could use more support, both formal and informal. The spouse of a person with young onset dementia has a range of emotional experiences and has resourceful ways of handling everyday life. Various types of support are offered to spouses, however, they seemed to desire more from health care services.

Living with a person with young onset dementia ‐ spousal experience

AbstractBackgroundBeing of working age, and simultaneously needing to help a person with young onset dementia has specific consequences for spouses. Research to date has been sparse concerning this specific group of spouses.MethodNine spouses were included and interviewed in the study. The interviews were analyzed using content analysis.ResultThe results showed that the spouses experienced an emotional impact that varied from feelings of loneliness, frustration, and worry, to peace of mind. They expressed that they used coping strategies, which included adopting a positive mindset, adapting to inabilities, adopting an avoidant approach, and finding ways to recharge. Spouses also experienced a call for support from informal as well as formal support.ConclusionThe spouse of a person with young onset dementia goes through a range of emotional experiences and has resourceful ways of handling everyday life. The degree of support is varied which leaves more to be desired from healthcare providers.

Alexithymia characteristics are associated with salience network activity in healthy participants: an arterial spin labeling study

BackgroundAlexithymia, a personality trait characterized by difficulties in identifying and expressing their emotions despite having a range of emotional experiences, can impact individuals’ stress coping mechanisms. While many studies have investigated brain functions associated with specific tasks in relation to emotion processing, research focusing on resting-state brain functions has been limited. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and brain function by analyzing arterial spin labeling (ASL) data obtained during the resting state.MethodsA brain structural and functional imaging study was conducted on 42 healthy adult men and women using ASL and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) questionnaire survey. Cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity values were calculated for regions of interest in the default mode network, saliency network, and central executive network from the ASL data. Correlation analysis was performed with TAS20 scores, and partial correlation analysis was conducted to control for anxiety and depression.ResultsThe functional connectivity analysis revealed a negative correlation between the functional connectivity of the right insular cortex and left anterior cingulate cortex and the total score of TAS, as well as difficulty identifying feelings and difficulty describing feeling subscores, indicating that the higher the scores, the weaker the functional connectivity between these regions (T = -3.830, p = 0.0013, R = -0.5180). This correlation remained significant even after controlling for anxiety and depression using partial correlation analysis.ConclusionThe present study revealed differences in the activity of the Saliency Network at rest as measured by ASL, which were independent of anxiety and depression, and varied depending on the severity of alexithymia. This functional change may underlie the neural basis of decreased emotional processing observed in alexithymia. These findings may contribute to the elucidation of the neural mechanisms of alexithymia, which can lead to social impairments, and suggest the usefulness of ASL measurement as a biomarker of alexithymia.

Lexicаl-Semantic and Syntactic Valency of Language Representations of the Emotional World in the Poem “Then, fare thee well” by T. Mооre

Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the specificity of the lexical-semantic and syntactic valency of lexical units nominating emotions in the poem “Then, fare thee well” by T. Moore. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that it has been carried out in line with the linguo-cognitive paradigm and aims to identify the specifics of the compatibility of emotions nominations with other lexical units verbalizing the fragment of the concept “the emotional world”. The novelty of the research is associated with its anthropocentric orientation and interdisciplinary nature of the interpretation of the material, which implies the study of the artistic concept sphere “the emotional world” on the material of the poem “Then, fare thee well” by T. Moore from the standpoint of cognitive linguistics, psychology and literary criticism.Methodology and sources. The theoretical basis of this research is presented by the works of scientists V.Yu. Apresjan, E.V. Galeeva, N.A. Krasavskii, I.N. Kucher, S.G. Lyubova, K.O. Pogosova, E.A. Rozhnova, who considered the essence of emotional concepts as culturally conditioned mental constructs, i.e. directly related to the worldview of representatives of a particular ethnic group.In the article we use the following research methods: the method of definitional analysis, the functional-semantic method, the method of component analysis, the descriptive method, as well as methods of continuous sampling and quantitative data processing.Results and discussion. In the present study, the classification of lexical units verbalizing the manifestations of emotional states in the poem “Then, fare thee well” by T. Moore has been made. In the semantic structure of the lexemes under consideration, we highlight and categorize the semes marked by the correlation with the emotional sphere of people. The linguo-cognitive analysis of the lexic and syntactic valency of the primary and secondary nominations of emotions, carried out in the work, revealed the specifics of the conceptualization of emotional states and experiences in the individual author's picture of the world.Conclusion. It has been established that the artistic conceptual sphere “emotional world” in the poem “Then, fare thee well” by T. Moore consists of two closely interrelated concepts – “negative emotions” and “positive emotions”, verbalized by lexemes nominating a wide range of emotional experiences of the lyrical character. It is concluded that the associative-figurative characteristics attributed to a specific emotion in the artistic world of the author carry valuable culturally relevant information about the individual characteristics of the interpretation of emotional concepts both by the poet himself and by the “naïve” thinking of an English-speaking person as a representative of his language and culture.

A Content Analysis of Living Organ Donation Materials from Certified Transplant Centers

ABSTRACT Despite the fact that living organ donation has the great potential to reduce the shortage of transplantable organs, it is still surrounded by many misconceptions, ethical concerns, and myths. Research conducted to understand factors contributing to public misconceptions related to living organ donation is rare. This research takes a content analytic approach to uncover how living organ donation is portrayed in materials developed and delivered by transplant centers across 11 regions. A total of 332 unique materials were analyzed. The results revealed that living kidney donation dominated the corpus of data whereas other living organ donations were largely overlooked. Benefits and risks associated with living organ donation were relatively evenly presented; however, social support necessary to donors and recipients and available resources to obtain social support were not sufficiently addressed. Embedded in these materials were 46 personal narrative stories. Analysis of these stories showed a focus on undirected living organ donation and revealed a wide range of emotional experiences. Significant regional differences were found in several themes, such as benefits and risks, and social support. Inconsistent information regarding living organ donation was present. Practical implications are discussed.

The emotional trade-off between meaningful and precarious work in new economies

The contradictory work environments of new economies in late modernity are associated with a range of emotional experiences, requiring diverse emotion management strategies. Late modernity offers the capacity to pursue happy, safe, rewarding, and meaningful work for the privileged few; a potential trade-off between stressful meaningful and boring precarious work for a greater number; and the prospect of non-meaningful, precarious work for many in the new economy characterised by short-term contracts, gig work, precarity, and anxiety. This study draws on data from the 2015–16 Australian Social Attitudes Survey to examine workers’ emotions in various combinations of meaningful and precarious employment, and the degree to which these emotions are managed. It finds that it is best to have secure meaningful work, worst to have highly precarious work, and slightly better to have safe but alienating than risky meaningful work, in terms of avoiding often hidden negative emotions.

The Emotions of Motherhood: Love, Culture, and Poverty in Victorian Britain

Is maternal love biologically determined and independent of class and culture, or is it fluid and changeable, shaped by the social context within which individuals find themselves? Recent work on the history of emotions has encouraged us to regard not simply the outward cultural configurations of human emotion as mutable and changeable, but also the actual emotions themselves. Yet so deeply rooted is the Western belief that mothers’ love for their children is natural and innate that scholars have struggled to envisage parental love in the past as differing significantly from that in the present. Looking at working-class mothers in Victorian Britain, this article argues that the very different norms and values surrounding motherhood in this historical context did indeed create a different range of emotional experiences. It also, however, seeks to deepen our understanding of why emotions take the precise forms they do. By shifting focus away from the social elites who form the mainstay of most emotions history, this article offers new insights into the ways in which societies construct and experience their emotional norms.

An Investigation into the Nature of Emotional Dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder

Dysregulation of the emotional domain is considered the core disorder in borderline personality disorder (BPD), and a greater intensity of emotional reaction is seen as central to this dysregulation. Empirical data has shown that people with BPD experience negative emotions more intensely than controls, however there is currently little support for the concept of dysregulation across the range of emotional experience. In this study the emotional intensity of negative and positive emotion was compared between a BPD sample (n=24) and non-clinical control group (n=24). Participants completed self-report questionnaires to assess general intensity of emotional experience and rated their reactions to emotionally salient visual stimuli. The results indicated a higher intensity of emotional experience in the BPD sample; however this effect was no longer significant when anxiety was controlled for. Self-reported anxiety about overwhelming emotional reactions was significantly higher in the BPD sample and this difference remained when a measure of current anxiety was controlled for. There was no difference between groups in the rating of visual stimuli for both negative and positive salience. The implications of the results are discussed with reference to the wider literature.

Understanding Emotion Regulatory Effect of Mindfulness: Role of Differentiation and Range of Emotional Experiences

The link between mindfulness and better emotion regulation (ER) has been well documented, but the mechanism through which it improves ER is still unclear. It is likely that the emotion regulatory effects of mindfulness might be occurring indirectly through other affective aspects (e.g., range & differentiation of emotional experiences). The said possibility was tested on a sample of 211 adults, using self-report measures of mindfulness, the use of ER strategies (reappraisal & suppression) and range and differentiation of emotional experience. Analyses revealed that mindfulness and its dimensions correlated negatively with the use of suppression and positively with reappraisal as well as range and differentiation of emotional experiences. The hypothesis that mindfulness influences ER indirectly through altering the range and differentiation of emotions is supported by the findings of structural equation modeling. Findings revealed that mindfulness was indirectly linked with enhanced use of reappraisal through improved emotional differentiation and reduced use of suppression through enhancement of both the range and differentiation of emotional experiences. Further, mindfulness was found to have a significant direct effect on suppression but not on reappraisal. These findings imply that mindfulness exerts its emotion regulatory effect indirectly by enhancing the range and differentiation of emotional experiences but it may also have some direct effect on some aspects of ER such as reduced emotional suppression.

Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders

Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders

Psychological features of patients with GB II stage

In the work of the Yu. I. Sidorova and M. P. Biletskaya with the aim of studying the psychological features of patients with GB of stage II has been investigated 90 people: 45 people with essential hypertension II stage of the age from 30 to 40 years; 45 people (30–40 years) without chronic somatic For patients GB is characterized by a broad range of emotional experience with a predominance of negative emotions. Installed gender differences in the expression of ways of expression of aggression. Fears of patients GB are polymorphic in nature, linked to non-adaptive protective-сoping behavior, the leading role of which belongs to the fear of death. For patients GB have such personal qualities as: a tendency to depressive feelings, dominance, self-criticism, incredulity.

Universal Prevention of Anxiety and Depression in a Recreational Camp Setting: An Initial Open Trial.

BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depressive disorders may pose a long-term, deleterious impact on youth, prompting a need for early and effective prevention of such concerns. A growing body of research has examined universal prevention programs targeting these emotional disorders in childhood. While most universal prevention programs are offered within the school setting, there is also a rationale for developing and investigating prevention programs within novel settings, including a recreational context. OBJECTIVE: This initial investigation utilized the Emotion Detectives Prevention Program (EDPP), a universal prevention protocol focusing on anxiety and depression symptoms within a recreational summer camp. The aims of this pilot study were to assess the EDPP's feasibility and participant satisfaction following its initial administration in a camp setting. METHOD: Forty children (ages 7-10 years, 70.7% male) were recruited from an existent recreational sports camp and participated in a non-randomized, open trial of the EDPP. The EDPP, a 15-session program, presents cognitive-behavioral strategies in a manner that emphasizes strategy applicability across a range of emotional experiences. RESULTS: Participating children reported a significant decrease in anxiety symptoms at post-prevention. No significant change in depression symptoms or other emotion regulation indices were reported. Moderate to high participant satisfaction was indicated. CONCLUSIONS: The EDPP appears to be a feasible program for the prevention of child-reported anxiety symptoms in a camp setting. Given the novelty of the prevention context, issues inherent in the conduct of research in a recreational camp setting and future directions for research in this setting are discussed.

Smoking causes creative responses: on state antismoking policy and resilient habits

This article is framed by the complexities associated with exploring a morally positioned and emotive practice – the practice of smoking cigarettes. Smoking is bound up with a multiply of issues and positions, including (but not limited to) the role of the state in the regulation of bodies and their practices and in the moral positioning of those practices, and the rights of the individual. It is also bound up with particular understandings of bodies and their relations with other bodies. In antismoking advertisements, smoking practice is firmly situated within frames of corporeal boundedness and individuality, and particular emotions and moral positions are drawn upon to locate the smoking body relative to other (non-smoking) bodies, and to the practice of smoking itself. Based on fine-grained ethnographic research, and moving away from moral and dualistic positionings of the practice, I take up a phenomenological perspective to explore the profound experiences of sociality, corporeal connection and rupture, and the wide range of emotional experiences that are central to practices of smoking. I also draw attention to the ways in which public policy and action regarding smoking might be understood, acted upon, resisted and altered, in ways that make it meaningful in the lived experiences of smokers. Many of the responses that smokers make to state policy and action are not those intended by policy makers, and demonstrate both the creativity of the responses, and the dangers of assuming too much about how people will behave.

Neurocognitive, social, and emotional dysfunction in deficit syndrome schizophrenia

The deficit syndrome is a promising distinction within schizophrenia that requires further validation. This study examined the replicability of differences in clinical symptoms, neurocognitive functioning, affect perception, and social functioning previously reported among deficit ( n=15) and nondeficit syndrome ( n=30) schizophrenia patients classified according to the Schedule for the Deficit Syndrome (SDS; Psychiatry Res. 30 (1989) 119) and nonpatient controls ( n=41). Additionally, participants completed self-report affective trait measures of positive affectivity, negative affectivity, and social anhedonia to examine the deficit syndrome concept of diminished emotional range. We were able to replicate symptom profiles and neurocognitive and social functioning impairments in deficit vs. nondeficit patients, but did not find more severe affect perception impairment in deficit vs. nondeficit patients as previously reported. Regarding range of subjectively experienced emotion, deficit patients reported lower trait positive affectivity and marginally higher social anhedonia than nondeficit patients and controls, but also reported elevations in negative affectivity that were similar to nondeficit patients as compared to controls. While replication of patterns of impairment across multiple domains of functioning supports the validity of the deficit syndrome, results also suggest that SDS-defined deficit patients may be characterized by a relative reduction in the tendency or ability to experience positive emotions, rather than a pervasive diminution in the range of emotional experience.

Beyond Myth and Metaphor: Narrative in Digital Media

The concept of narrative has been widely invoked by theorists of digital textuality, but the promotion of what is described as thestorytelling power of the computer has often relied on shallow metaphors, loose conceptions of narrative, and literary models that ignore the distinctive properties of the digital medium. Two myths have dominated this theorization. The myth of the Aleph (as I call it) presents the digital text as a finite text that contains an infinite number of stories. The myth of the Holodeck envisions digital narrative as a virtual environment in which the user becomes a character in a plot similar to those of Victorian novels or Shakespearean tragedies. Both of these myths rely on questionable assumptions:that any permutation of a collection of lexias results in a coherent story;that it is aesthetically desirable to be the hero of a story; and that digital narrativity should cover the same range of emotional experiences as literary narrative. Here I argue that digital narrative should emancipate itself from literary models. But I also view narrative as a universal structure that transcends media. This article addresses the question of reconciling the inherent linearity of narrative structures with the multiple paths made possible by the interactive nature of the digital text by distinguishing four forms of interactivity, which result from the cross-classification of two binaries: internal versus external interactivity; and exploratory versus ontological. Each of these categories is shown to favor different narrative themes and different variations of the universal narrative structure.

Emotional range and value orientation: toward a cognitive view of emotionality.

This study focused on emotional range--a personality variable introduced to the study of emotion. It is argued that individual differences in emotional responsiveness need to be described and analyzed not only in terms of emotional intensity but also in terms of emotional range. What are some of the factors that influence an individual's range of emotional experiences? Do cognitive factors play a significant role? Questions such as these were central to the present investigation. In accordance with recent cognitive formulations of emotion, we hypothesized that individual differences on the emotional range variable would be associated with differences in value orientations. Lending support to this proposition, the results revealed a pattern of emotional range--value associations that challenge the prevailing view of emotionality as intimately linked with primitivism and impulsivity. At the same time, the findings strongly suggest that emotionality cannot be understood as divorced from a person's mental life. Implications of the findings for the development of a cognitively oriented approach to the study of individual differences in emotional dispositions are discussed.

CLINICAL JUDGMENTS AND SELF-RATINGS OF TRAITS AND STATES.

In personality assessment, self-ratings of feelings and emotions will vary according to the frame of reference suggested by the instructions. If a subject is requested to evaluate himself according to his usual or characteristic mood, the implication is that he should use the hypothetical distribution of others as a basis for making judgments. By contrast, if the instructions are to rate his affective state during a particular interval, he will be more apt to respond in terms of his own range of emotional experiences. In this paper the former will be denoted as "trait" instructions and the latter as "state" instructions. This is an extension of the connotation attributed to these two terms by Cattell and Scheier³who appropriately define factors which describe interindividual differences at any given time as trait factors and those which describe intraindividual changes as state factors. Likewise, psychiatric