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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emotion. 2023 Mar 13;23(7):1876–1890. doi: 10.1037/emo0001220

Table 6.

Simple Correlations between Habitual Emotion Judgments and Conceptually Related Constructs

Pos Judge Pos Emotions Neg Judge Pos Emotions Pos Judge Neg Emotions Neg Judge Neg Emotions
Conceptually Related Emotion Constructs

Affect Valuation
 Positive Emotions .37 s −.22 s −.03 −.02
 High-Arousal Positive Emotions .41 s −.21 s .04 −.02
 Low-Arousal Positive Emotions .32 s −.16 .04 −.05
 Negative Emotions −.31 s .21 s .02 .10
 High-Arousal Negative Emotions −.32 s .21 s .03 .13
 Low-Arousal Negative Emotions −.29 s .16 .01 .10
Preferences for
 Self-Transcending Positive Emotions .38 s −.25 s .06 −.12
 Opening Positive Emotions .36 s −.18 .12 −.14
 Conserving Positive Emotions .22 s −.16 .10 −.15
 Self-Enhancing Negative Emotions −.33 s .19 .00 .00
Attitudes Towards a
 Joy .58 s −.39 s .04 −.07
 Anger −.33 s .30 s .13 .07
 Sad .01 .20 s .19 .04
 Disgust −.29 s .26 s .00 .11
 Fear −.15 s .16 .09 .05
Meta-Emotions: Anger About One’s Emotions −.18 .38 s −.07 .48 s
Fear of Happiness −.35 s .51 s .03 .28 s
Stress Mindsets a −.20 s .12 .37 s −.24 s
Emotional Acceptance .07 −.29s .14 −.53 s

Note. Analyses were conducted in Sample E. Bolded correlations are statistically significant at an alpha level of .05.

s

Correlations fall in the preregistered “sibling construct” effect size range of .20-.60.

a

More positive values indicate more positive/less negative attitudes/mindset.