Measuring Emotions and Their Derivatives Export

@inbook{citeulike:592728, abstract = {The general nature of measurement is described and illutrated in a physical science context. The chapter then presents a psychoevolutionary theory of emotion and shows how general principles of measurement can be applied to the measurement of emotions. A key element in the theory is the concept of emotional derivatives. This concept implies that other conceptual domains such as personality, diagnoses, ego defenses, and coping styles are related to the basic emotions in a systematic way. New self-report tests of these derivative domains have ben developed and they are described in some detail. The fundamental point made is that the study of emotions comprises a vast array of phenomena, and that the ideal measures of emotions and their derivatives are those that are divers, based on theory , and systematically related to these complex phenomena.}, author = {Plutchik, Robert}, booktitle = {The Measurement of Emotions}, chapter = {1}, citeulike-article-id = {592728}, editor = {Plutchik, Robert and Kellerman, Henry}, keywords = {emotion}, pages = {1--35}, posted-at = {2006-04-20 18:27:56}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Academic Press, Inc.}, series = {Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience}, title = {Measuring Emotions and Their Derivatives}, volume = {4}, year = {1989} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:592728 L3 - citeulike-article-id:592728 N2 - The general nature of measurement is described and illutrated in a physical science context. The chapter then presents a psychoevolutionary theory of emotion and shows how general principles of measurement can be applied to the measurement of emotions. A key element in the theory is the concept of emotional derivatives. This concept implies that other conceptual domains such as personality, diagnoses, ego defenses, and coping styles are related to the basic emotions in a systematic way. New self-report tests of these derivative domains have ben developed and they are described in some detail. The fundamental point made is that the study of emotions comprises a vast array of phenomena, and that the ideal measures of emotions and their derivatives are those that are divers, based on theory , and systematically related to these complex phenomena. SE - Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience EP - 35 TI - Measuring Emotions and Their Derivatives PB - Academic Press, Inc. VL - 4 T2 - The Measurement of Emotions SP - 1 KW - emotion AU - Plutchik, Robert A2 - Plutchik, Robert A2 - Kellerman, Henry PY - 1989/// ER -