Crying Proneness
Dimension 937 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Crying Proneness measures the tendency for emotion to be expressed through urges to cry, tearfulness, and actual crying. It encompasses both the felt readiness to cry and the frequency or ease with which crying occurs.
evidence final name · Tears Crying
Minimal Crying Proneness
Expressions activating this band do not show reliable evidence of crying-related emotional expression and mainly reflect unrelated or uninformative content.
Low Crying Proneness
Expressions activating this band reflect general sadness, worry, loss of energy, or reduced enjoyment, with crying only weakly implied or not yet central to the emotional expression.
Moderate Crying Proneness
Expressions activating this band show clear tearfulness or crying spells as a recognizable way emotion is expressed. Crying appears intermittently in response to worry, distress, or feeling moved.
High Crying Proneness
Expressions activating this band reflect frequent felt urges to cry or repeated crying in everyday emotional situations. Tearfulness is readily triggered and described as a common response.
Severe Crying Proneness
Expressions activating this band reflect very easy, pervasive, or highly salient crying, including bursting into tears, crying in many situations, or strong awareness of wanting to cry. Crying is experienced as a dominant and readily activated emotional response.
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Minimal Tears Crying: Content characterized by xxxxxx, incorrectpersonal, system, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect tears crying at this level.
Emerging Tears Crying: Content characterized by tearful, grieving, sad, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect tears crying at this level.
Elevated Tears Crying: Content characterized by cried, teary, tears, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect tears crying at this level.
Severe Tears Crying: Content characterized by cry, cried, shed, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect tears crying at this level.