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Различия между простите емоции и сложните чувства при здрави и психично болни хора
Differences between simple emotions and complex feelings considering mental health status

Author(s): Krasen Ferdinandov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Дружество на психолозите в република България

Summary/Abstract: The article presents results in support of the hypothesis that significant differences can be found in the self-reporting of experiences pertaining to categories of simple emotions and complex emotions. Three samples were selected for comparison between self-reports at the two levels of emotional categorization: students in high school in mathematics (N = 204), students in psychology (N = 78) and patients, treated for mental illness (N = 38). An analysis of variations (ANOVA) in preferences was used and few differences were found between two students’ samples, but large amount of very significant differences in semantic identifications between aggregated sample of students and the patients with a psychiatric diagnosis. Data encoding biases are controlled and three types of markers were derived – nonspecific, specific, and random markers that can serve as a starting point for the consequent narrative analysis of emotional experiences in purpose of external validation. simple emotions; complex feelings; differences; mental health status

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1-4
  • Page Range: 63-84
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Bulgarian