Emotional Valence
Dimension 600 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Emotional Valence measures the presence and salience of positively and negatively toned feelings in an expression, including awareness of mood, emotional reactions, and efforts to manage or express those feelings. It encompasses both pleasant and distressing affect as they become more explicitly named and central to the expression.
evidence final name · Negative Positive
Minimal Emotional Valence
Expressions activating this band contain little to no clear emotional content and are dominated by unrelated, descriptive, or narrative material rather than felt mood or affective evaluation.
Mild Emotional Valence
Expressions activating this band mention feelings indirectly or in mixed form, often through concentration problems, fear, enjoyment, social difficulty, or attempts to notice distressing thoughts without reacting. Emotional content is present but not yet the main focus of the expression.
Moderate Emotional Valence
Expressions activating this band make feelings a clear topic, including confidence, positivity, negative emotion, inspiration, and the impact of feelings on daily functioning. Emotional states are explicitly recognized and may be monitored, regulated, or kept from outward expression.
High Emotional Valence
Expressions activating this band center directly on the frequency, strength, and management of positive and negative feelings, especially distress such as blue mood, despair, anxiety, and depression. Emotional experience is highly salient, explicitly labeled, and often linked to concern about expression or change over time.
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Minimal Negative Positive: Content characterized by characters, war, german, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect negative positive at this level.
Moderate Negative Positive: Content characterized by cracked, positive, negative, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect negative positive at this level.
Intense Negative Positive: Content characterized by positive, accidentally, works, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect negative positive at this level.
Peak Negative Positive: Content characterized by positive, feeling, fun, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect negative positive at this level.