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social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > emotion > independence of positive and negative affect
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independence of positive and negative affect  

Definition

  • Definitions Positive and negative affect are often referred to as the Big Two emotions. They each refer to superfactors of emotion, and according to Randy J. Larsen and Ed Diener, each consists of several subcomponents of different feeling states. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Independence of Positive and Negative Affect]

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