The Measurement and Conceptualization of Mood Awareness: Monitoring and Labeling One's Mood States
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 21 (9) , 934-949
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167295219008
Abstract
The construct of mood awareness is presented as a form of attention directed toward one's mood states. Two dimensions of mood awareness were investigated through the development and validation of the Mood Awareness Scale. Mood monitoring refers to a tendency to scrutinize and focus on one's moods, whereas mood labeling refers to the ability to identify and categorize one's moods. The role of these two dimensions in self-reported affective experience was explored in four studies using various measures of personality, affect, and mood regulation. Mood monitoring predicted the experience of negative affect, neuroticism, intense affective reactions, and greater rumination on negative mood. Mood labeling predicted the experience of positive affect, extraversion, high self-esteem, and greater satisfaction with social support. The usefulness of these dimensions for predicting affective outcomes is discussed.This publication has 56 references indexed in Scilit:
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