Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Background: The Emotional Reactivity Intensity and Perseveration Scale (ERIPS) assesses dimensions of trait emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration. We aimed to further validate the ERIPS and determine whether these dimensions of trait emotion predict real-time respons...

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Main Authors: Boyes, Mark, Clarke, Patrick, Hasking, Penelope
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76696
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author Boyes, Mark
Clarke, Patrick
Hasking, Penelope
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Clarke, Patrick
Hasking, Penelope
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description © 2019 Elsevier Ltd Background: The Emotional Reactivity Intensity and Perseveration Scale (ERIPS) assesses dimensions of trait emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration. We aimed to further validate the ERIPS and determine whether these dimensions of trait emotion predict real-time responses to negatively and positively-valenced stimuli. Method: Undergraduate students (n = 214) completed the ERIPS and viewed a sad and amusing movie clip. Participants provided sadness/amusement ratings at seven time-points pre and post viewing the clips. Results: Higher perseveration of trait negative and positive affect was associated with slower reductions in sadness and amusement ratings after viewing the clips. Higher trait positive reactivity was associated with a larger increase in amusement after viewing the amusing clip, and a faster return to baseline amusement levels. Trait negative reactivity and negative intensity were not associated with responses to the sad clip. Trait positive intensity was not associated with responses to the amusing clip. Conclusion: Although mixed, findings provide some validation of the ERIPS and indicate that, for reactivity and perseveration at least, trait affect may be associated with variability in state affect. Future research should consider mechanisms accounting for individual differences in emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration, as well as their potential utility in furthering understanding of emotional disorders.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-766962021-08-30T00:32:42Z Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration Boyes, Mark Clarke, Patrick Hasking, Penelope © 2019 Elsevier Ltd Background: The Emotional Reactivity Intensity and Perseveration Scale (ERIPS) assesses dimensions of trait emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration. We aimed to further validate the ERIPS and determine whether these dimensions of trait emotion predict real-time responses to negatively and positively-valenced stimuli. Method: Undergraduate students (n = 214) completed the ERIPS and viewed a sad and amusing movie clip. Participants provided sadness/amusement ratings at seven time-points pre and post viewing the clips. Results: Higher perseveration of trait negative and positive affect was associated with slower reductions in sadness and amusement ratings after viewing the clips. Higher trait positive reactivity was associated with a larger increase in amusement after viewing the amusing clip, and a faster return to baseline amusement levels. Trait negative reactivity and negative intensity were not associated with responses to the sad clip. Trait positive intensity was not associated with responses to the amusing clip. Conclusion: Although mixed, findings provide some validation of the ERIPS and indicate that, for reactivity and perseveration at least, trait affect may be associated with variability in state affect. Future research should consider mechanisms accounting for individual differences in emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration, as well as their potential utility in furthering understanding of emotional disorders. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76696 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109573 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Boyes, Mark
Clarke, Patrick
Hasking, Penelope
Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
title Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
title_full Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
title_fullStr Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
title_full_unstemmed Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
title_short Relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
title_sort relationships between dispositional and experimentally elicited emotional reactivity, intensity, and perseveration
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76696