The relation between positive and negative affect becomes more negative in response to personally relevant events.

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Can we experience positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) separately (i.e., affective independence), or do these emotional states represent the mutually exclusive ends of a single bipolar continuum bipolarity)? Building on previous emotion theories, propose that relation between PA NA is not invariable, but rather fluctuates in response to changing situational demands. Specifically, argue our system shifts from relative independence stronger bipolarity when encounter events situations activate personally relevant concerns. We test this idea an sampling study, which tracked trajectories 101 first-year university students who received their exam results, event potentially triggers significant concern. Using multilevel piecewise regression, show running PA-NA correlations become increasingly more anticipation results release, indicating bipolarity, ease back toward greater as time after passes. Furthermore, dynamic trajectory particularly apparent for event-related NA, general, such are partly function importance people attribute event. suggest flexible changes may compass by signaling information, create motivational push respond meaningful appropriate manner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Emotion

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1931-1516', '1528-3542']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000697