Fearfulness

Dimension 1081 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0311

Fearfulness measures the tendency for expressions to convey fear, being scared, anxious apprehension, and worry in response to perceived threat or vulnerability. It encompasses direct statements of fear as well as concern about stressful situations and their consequences.

evidence final name · Writes Trifling

Bands

Minimal Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band show only slight or situational fear, typically phrased as getting scared easily or becoming scared when already nervous. Fear is present as a mild reactive tendency rather than a sustained or central concern.

Mild Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band convey clear but limited fear or sadness-linked distress, with fear acknowledged as a current feeling without strong elaboration. The emotional tone reflects noticeable unease that remains general and contained.

Moderate Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band show fearfulness as anxiety tied to specific settings, symptoms, or stressors, such as returning to medical environments or coping with ongoing problems. Fear is organized around identifiable triggers and begins to shape daily experience.

High Fearfulness

Expressions activating this band present fear and worry as prominent problems, including explicit references to fears, stress-related concern, and apprehension about future security or functioning. Fear is experienced as salient, consequential, and broadly relevant to the person's life situation.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Writes Trifling1.00

Punches0.50

Knife0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-12..B-624,388

B-5..B14,710,567

B2..B3230,969

B4..B1015,919

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness39

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal60

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating72

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment103

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel66

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context75

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary73

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief85

Anchor definitions

Minimal Writes Trifling

Minimal Writes Trifling: Content characterized by unless, valuation, scary, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect writes trifling at this level.

Moderate Writes Trifling

Moderate Writes Trifling: Content characterized by through, hand, party, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect writes trifling at this level.

Intense Writes Trifling

Intense Writes Trifling: Content characterized by bold, wells, deficit, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect writes trifling at this level.

Peak Writes Trifling

Peak Writes Trifling: Content characterized by writes, trifling, punches, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect writes trifling at this level.