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need for affect: a standalone construct

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need foraffect1 CONSTRUCTNeed for affectMAIO · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

a stable individual difference in how strongly people are motivated to approach or avoid emotion-inducing situations and media.

In social psychology, need for affect refers to a stable individual difference in how strongly people are motivated to approach or avoid emotion-inducing situations and media. This meaning comes from Maio (2001) in Journal of Personality.[1]

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References

  1. Maio, G. R., & Esses, V. M. (2001). The Need for Affect: Individual Differences in the Motivation to Approach or Avoid Emotions. Journal of Personality, 69(4), 583-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6494.694156

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