A COMPARISON OF 2 MODELS OF EMOTION - CAN MEASUREMENT OF EMOTION BASED ON ONE MODEL BE USED TO MAKE INFERENCES ABOUT THE OTHER

Two models of emotion (Positive Affect/Negative Affect and Bioinformat ional) were compared to determine whether information obtained using o ne model could be used to make inferences about the other. These model s measure self-reported emotion along the primary dimensions of Positi ve Affect/Negative Affect and Valence/Arousal, respectively. Although these two models of emotion are distinct, proponents of each model sug gest that the dimensions should be related to one another in a specifi c manner. This assumption was directly tested using data collected fro m 95 undergraduates who participated in an emotion induction study. Th e results did not support the suggested relationship between these two models of emotion. In fact, it may be misleading to assume that data obtained by measuring dimensions from one of the models can be used to make inferences about dimensions of the other model. Copyright (C) 19 96 Elsevier Science Ltd.