Metamood
editMetamood is a term used by psychologists to refers to an individual's awareness of their emotions.[1] It can be described as experiencing an emotion and then becoming aware that you are experiencing this type of emotion. Most people are very aware of their different types of emotions. For example, being sad, depressed, happy, mad, afraid, these are all types of emotions one may experience. Each mood a person may experience gives a different type of feelings,for example happiness is a high in pleasantness and low in arousal. The reflective experience of mood arises in the response to the direct mood one may experience.[1] Being able to pull back while being in a certain type of emotion and in that moment recognize what you are feeling, is a phenomenal skill. Also, it is a difficult for one to acquire because quite often, emotions can be disguised by another.[2]
Abstract
editMood experience is comprised of at least two elements: the direct experience of the mood and a meta-level of experience that consists of thoughts and feelings about the mood. In Study 1, a two-dimensional structure for the direct experience of mood (Watson & Tellegen, 1985) was tested for its fit to the responses of 1,572 subjects who each completed one of three different mood scales, including a brief scale developed to assist future research. The Watson and Tellegen structure was supported across all three scales. In Study 2, meta-mood experience was conceptualized as the product of a mood regulatory process that monitors, evaluates, and at times changes mood. A scale to measure meta-mood experience was administered to 160 participants along with the brief mood scale. People's levels on the meta-mood dimensions were found to differ across moods. Meta-mood experiences may also constitute an important part of the phenomenology of the personal experience of mood.[2]
Trait meta-mood scale
editThe Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS) is used to measure emotional beliefs and attitudes people have towards their own emotional experiences. The scale has been used on adolescents between ages 12 and 17, and resulted with information researchers had already found. People have three emotional structures: attention to feelings, clarity of feelings, and mood repair. Researchers already knew that, but by testing 1,497 adolescents, researchers found some new information; age and gender appear differently on the TMMS. [3]
References
edit- ^ Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books, 1995
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- ^ Salguero, José M.; Fernández-Berrocal, Pablo; Balluerka, Nekane; Aritzeta, Aitor (1 October 2010). "Measuring Perceived Emotional Intelligence in the Adolescent Population: Psychometric Properties of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale". Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal. 38 (9): 1197–1209. doi:10.2224/sbp.2010.38.9.1197. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
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