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Emotion beliefs: conceptual review and compendium.
Michael A Kisley1, Josh Shulkin1, Margarita V Meza-Whitlatch1
1Department of Psychology, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, United States.
Frontiers in Psychology
|January 19, 2024
Summary
Understanding emotion beliefs is crucial, as people hold diverse views on emotions. This review defines emotion belief and compiles measures to advance research in this field.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Laypeople possess varied beliefs about emotions, influencing their consequentiality.
- Existing research on emotion beliefs lacks a unified definition, leading to terminological and methodological fragmentation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define emotion belief comprehensively.
- To consolidate and review existing constructs and measures of emotion beliefs.
- To identify future research directions in the study of emotion beliefs.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of existing literature on emotion beliefs.
- Development of a unified definition for emotion belief.
- Compilation of a compendium of 21 constructs and measures for self-reported emotion beliefs.
- Inclusion of 5 additional scales assessing beliefs about others' emotions.
Main Results:
- A unified conceptualization of emotion belief is proposed.
- A comprehensive compendium of 26 distinct measures related to emotion beliefs is presented.
- The review highlights the heterogeneity of existing measures and constructs.
Conclusions:
- A clear definition and consolidated measures are essential for advancing emotion belief research.
- The proposed framework facilitates a more unified approach to studying beliefs about emotions.
- Future research should leverage this unified conceptualization and compendium for greater clarity and impact.
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