Meier, Hendrik (2023) The Effects of Emotion Augmentation on the Experience of Melancholia. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The study sought to investigate the effect emotion augmentation has on the experience of melancholia (defined according to DSM-V diagnosis of depression with melancholic tendencies). This was to provide an updated approach to the understanding of melancholic depression incorporating the time-dynamic aspects of emotion variation. A measurement of negative affect was used to provide validity to the measurement of melancholia. Linear regression showed a small effect size (R²=.043; p=.019), indicating that higher values of emotion augmentation predict the frequency of melancholic depression. Similarly, emotion augmentation also predicted negative affect with a small effect size (R²=.067; p=003). These findings promote further research on the effect emotion augmentation has on negative affect and melancholic depression. This could be done by addressing specific emotion (components) predicting specific aspects of melancholia, instead of the general conceptualization that was used in this study.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ernst, A.F. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2023 11:21 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2023 11:21 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1519 |
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