Distinctions between emotion and mood
Abstract
Most academics agree that emotions and moods are related but distinct phenomena. The present study assessed emotion-mood distinctions among a non-academic population and compared these views with distinctions proposed in the literature. Content analysis of responses from 106 participants identified 16 themes, with cause (65% of respondents), duration (40%), control (25%), experience (15%), and consequences (14%) the most frequently cited distinctions. Among 65 contributions to the academic literature, eight themes were proposed, with duration (62% of authors), intentionality (41%), cause (31percnt;), consequences (31%), and function (18%) the most frequently cited. When the eight themes cited by both academics and non-academics were rank ordered, approximately 60% overlap in opinion was evident. A data-derived summary of emotion-mood distinctions is provided. These data should prove useful to investigators interested in developing a clearer scientific distinction between emotion and mood than is currently available.
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Chris Beedie, Peter C. Terry, Andrew M. Lane (2005). Distinctions between emotion and mood. Cognition & Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930541000057
@article{chris2005distinctions,
title = {Distinctions between emotion and mood},
author = {Beedie, Chris and Terry, Peter C. and Lane, Andrew M.},
year = {2005},
journal = {Cognition & Emotion},
doi = {10.1080/02699930541000057}
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