Emotional Sensitivity

Dimension 643 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0549

Emotional Sensitivity measures how readily an expression reflects being emotionally affected by criticism, offense, setbacks, or other negative interpersonal and situational experiences. It encompasses ease of feeling hurt, difficulty recovering, and the depth of emotional impact from evaluative or stressful events.

evidence final name · Hurt Get

Bands

Minimal Emotional Sensitivity

Expressions activating this band describe emotional reactions as contained, manageable, or only weakly engaged, with little indication that criticism, delay, or distress strongly disrupts functioning or self-feeling.

Moderate Emotional Sensitivity

Expressions activating this band describe noticeable emotional reactivity to stress, criticism, harsh sounds, or feeling pushed around, with feelings that are readily stirred and slower to settle after something upsetting happens.

High Emotional Sensitivity

Expressions activating this band describe being easily hurt, offended, or shaken by criticism, ridicule, failure, and setbacks, with emotional effects that linger and meaningfully affect confidence or mood.

Severe Emotional Sensitivity

Expressions activating this band describe a fragile emotional response style in which criticism or comments are quickly taken as hurtful or offensive and can lead to pronounced distress, including feeling depressed.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Hurt Get1.00

Feel0.50

When0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-7..B-2199,612

B-1..B54,775,834

B6..B116,375

B12..B1822

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness35

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal51

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating59

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment75

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel63

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context102

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary83

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief60

Anchor definitions

Minimal Hurt Get

Minimal Hurt Get: Content characterized by get, dog, dogs, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect hurt get at this level.

Moderate Hurt Get

Moderate Hurt Get: Content characterized by there, attacks, again, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect hurt get at this level.

Intense Hurt Get

Intense Hurt Get: Content characterized by hurt, easily, delicate, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect hurt get at this level.

Peak Hurt Get

Peak Hurt Get: Content characterized by hurt, cancels, get, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect hurt get at this level.