The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions

The theory of constructed emotions suggests that different psychological components, including core affect (mental and neural representations of bodily changes), and conceptualization (meaning-making based on prior experiences and semantic knowledge), are involved in the formation of emotions. Howev...

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Autores principales:	Carlos Ventura-Bort, Julia Wendt, Mathias Weymar
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	emotion granularity emotional intensity well-being adaptability interoceptive sensibility Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7d2960de13d74e4bb491d6abbee23c0c2021-11-18T05:10:53ZThe Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.712418https://doaj.org/article/7d2960de13d74e4bb491d6abbee23c0c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.712418/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078The theory of constructed emotions suggests that different psychological components, including core affect (mental and neural representations of bodily changes), and conceptualization (meaning-making based on prior experiences and semantic knowledge), are involved in the formation of emotions. However, little is known about their role in experiencing emotions. In the current study, we investigated how individual differences in interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization (as potential correlates of these components) interact to moderate three important aspects of emotional experiences: emotional intensity (strength of emotion felt), arousal (degree of activation), and granularity (ability to differentiate emotions with precision). To this end, participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization and underwent two emotion experience tasks, which included standardized material (emotion differentiation task; ED task) and self-experienced episodes (day reconstruction method; DRM). Correlational analysis showed that individual differences in interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization were related to each other. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed two independent factors that were referred to as sensibility and monitoring. The Sensibility factor, interpreted as beliefs about the accuracy of an individual in detecting internal physiological and emotional states, predicted higher granularity for negative words. The Monitoring factor, interpreted as the tendency to focus on the internal states of an individual, was negatively related to emotional granularity and intensity. Additionally, Sensibility scores were more strongly associated with greater well-being and adaptability measures than Monitoring scores. Our results indicate that independent processes underlying individual differences in interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization contribute to emotion experiencing.Carlos Ventura-BortJulia WendtMathias WeymarMathias WeymarFrontiers Media S.A.articleemotiongranularityemotional intensitywell-beingadaptabilityinteroceptive sensibilityPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic	emotion granularity emotional intensity well-being adaptability interoceptive sensibility Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	emotion granularity emotional intensity well-being adaptability interoceptive sensibility Psychology BF1-990 Carlos Ventura-Bort Julia Wendt Mathias Weymar Mathias Weymar The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions
description	The theory of constructed emotions suggests that different psychological components, including core affect (mental and neural representations of bodily changes), and conceptualization (meaning-making based on prior experiences and semantic knowledge), are involved in the formation of emotions. However, little is known about their role in experiencing emotions. In the current study, we investigated how individual differences in interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization (as potential correlates of these components) interact to moderate three important aspects of emotional experiences: emotional intensity (strength of emotion felt), arousal (degree of activation), and granularity (ability to differentiate emotions with precision). To this end, participants completed a series of questionnaires assessing interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization and underwent two emotion experience tasks, which included standardized material (emotion differentiation task; ED task) and self-experienced episodes (day reconstruction method; DRM). Correlational analysis showed that individual differences in interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization were related to each other. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed two independent factors that were referred to as sensibility and monitoring. The Sensibility factor, interpreted as beliefs about the accuracy of an individual in detecting internal physiological and emotional states, predicted higher granularity for negative words. The Monitoring factor, interpreted as the tendency to focus on the internal states of an individual, was negatively related to emotional granularity and intensity. Additionally, Sensibility scores were more strongly associated with greater well-being and adaptability measures than Monitoring scores. Our results indicate that independent processes underlying individual differences in interoceptive sensibility and emotional conceptualization contribute to emotion experiencing.
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author	Carlos Ventura-Bort Julia Wendt Mathias Weymar Mathias Weymar
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title	The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions
title_short	The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions
title_full	The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions
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The Role of Interoceptive Sensibility and Emotional Conceptualization for the Experience of Emotions

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