title: The Discrete Emotions Questionnaire: A New Tool for Measuring State Self-Reported Emotions.
abstract: Several discrete emotions have broad theoretical and empirical importance, as shown by converging evidence from diverse areas of psychology, including facial displays, developmental behaviors, and neuroscience. However, the measurement of these states has not progressed along with theory, such that when researchers measure subjectively experienced emotions, they commonly rely on scales assessing broad dimensions of affect (positivity and negativity), rather than discrete emotions. The current manuscript presents four studies that validate a new instrument, the Discrete Emotions Questionnaire (DEQ), that is sensitive to eight distinct state emotions: anger, disgust, fear, anxiety, sadness, happiness, relaxation, and desire. Emotion theory supporting the importance of distinguishing these specific emotions is reviewed.
authors: The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Cindy
authors: C
authors: Harmon-Jones
authors: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Brock
authors: B
authors: Bastian
authors: The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Eddie
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4771-3043
authors: E
authors: Harmon-Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000786:Anger / Q000502:physiology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005149:Facial Expression; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult