Has anyone done research on affective measurement of moods?  If so, I would like some direction.?
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Oh yes.  There is a theory called Affect Control Theory which has affective measurements of emotions, mood, identities, etc.  Go to the source below and select Interact.  You'll have to play around a bit and read the background information to find out all about EPA--the evaluation, potency and activity dimensions that fill out the mathematical model, but there is quite a bit of research that has been done and there will also be indications on how this measurement was performed (and how you could do it if you want).  I hope that is helpful.  Sociological social psychology (like Social Psychology Quarterly) is a good area of people who do this kind of work.  Good luck!
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Mood swings?!!  For depressed children!!???  Now that is funny. lol Thanks.
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Boy, I think we all get to that point at times. I hear ya and empathize. I've found when I feel one of those moods coming on, I tell myself.. This "mood" is entirely up to me, I can CHOOSE to be miserable and make others miserable OR I can CHOOSE to be upbeat and let things slide off my shoulders for another day.. What would ya rather do today?  Sometimes, it's grudgingly, but I opt for the upbeat choice. Another thing is to set a NEW goal in life, whether it be work or your personal life and get excited about it.\n\n\nP.S.  Being able to bring a smile to others is a gift that should be shared often by us all and the doom n gloom we sometimes feel does not in anyway fix our situations, so consider it a waste of time.
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i did one:\ndo colors affect your mood/behavior
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It depends on how you operationally define stress and what type of research you are doing. YOu could do qualitative observations or you could have students do likert scales where they rate how certain things known as stressors effect them.
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Yeah I have been using it. But unfortunately I have been having problems. It has work with some of my fears but not with others. But I been told it might not work coz I have brain chemical imbalance. But it does work very well and very quickly getting rid of bad emotions.
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If you are looking for some hardcore facts on depression, such as criteria for diagnosing depression and the different types of depression and treatments, I would check out the APA's website, I think it's www.apa.com/org, they should have some pretty helpfull stuff or at least there should be links to other helpful sites.
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Happy and BUSY has worked for me before, because you are so engaged with doing fun things that you don't think of food so much.\n\nAlso, this isn't really a MOOD, but nauseated/sick as a dog works pretty well, too--like when you first go overseas and the water doesn't agree with you.  I've lost like 15 pounds without trying, a couple of times.
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Try these websites for at least a partial exerpt from D. Goleman's book, "Emotional Intelligence":\n\nhttp://www.spiritsite.com/writing/dangol/\n\nhttp://www.connected.org/learn/emotion.html
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People have given you specific ideas.  The point is to find something controversial.  I find it best if I select something I feel strongly about and then argue from the opposite side of the issue.  I learn more and I have less tendency to allow my emotions to cloud the paper.\n\nGood Luck on your final.
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someone else also asked this question very recently.. \nI will copy and paste the previous answer for ya  :)\nThe current standard for setting universally accepted criteria is...\nThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)\nThis is the place where all doctors, psychiatrists, and psychologists find the classifications necessary to diagnose patients according to certain traits in whatever their mental affliction may be.. \nI have used the following webpages for my own research uses. I am bipolar and found them very helpful..\ncut and paste the links :)\n1.) http://www.a-silver-lining.org/bpndepth/... \n2.) http://www.mental-health-today.com/bp/ds...\nthe first explains the process for diagnoses.\nthe second applies to mood disorders\nHope this helps ya out \nGood Luck.
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depressionhurts.com\n\nThis is a website that will give you other alternatives.\n\n\nDepression though has different levels and I would suggest at the very least to seek councelling.
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There is no way to know for sure. I believe questioning your possible complacency with regards to well-being or happiness is a healthy thing to do. Try to be confident in how you feel, as long as you're not chopping people up to feel it. Ask people directly what how secure/content/happy you seem to be from their perspective.
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HEY! I know how this feels..\n\n1. Listen to music that is uplifting, no rock, something happy== although it's annoying, it really helps. Music effects your mood so much!\n\n2. Chocolate. Apples. Sunlight/orange juice.\nI've put those in the order of the effect they have.\n \nMilk chocolate sets enzymes free and soothes the nerves. the cocoa bean has natural ingredients that keeps your feelings up. Dark chocolate mimics the feeling of when you're in love.\n\nApples-- they speed up metabolizm gradually and break free chemicals that keeps you awake and alert, I find the more energy you have, the more jumping around you do, the more working out you do, the more enzymes get you hyped up\n\nSunlight.orange juice-- Vitamin D keeps you alert.\n\n3. Work out. Sit ups, staying active keeps you feeling good, and the healthier you are, the better you will feel.\n\n4. Friends- surround yourself in a good pair of friends who know how to laugh, if they can't laugh and be nice, they're not the type you want to be around.\n\n5. Lighting, Did you know a darker atmosphere creates a pressure around you?? ... that can literally weigh you down, try to stay in a warm lighting as much as possible.\n\n6. Find a hobby that helps you release emotions, swimming, drawing, something! Meditate in the morning and focus on focusing. Smile, even if you don't feel like it, crack jokes, have fun, you'll soon see the affect you have on yourself. it's all about mindset..\n\n7. Meanwhile, find a counselor or someone who will listen to you, and analyze if you need medicine, otherwise, try these
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The only connection i can see between science and feelings is the chemicals that your body releases, this is something that can be traced by science.  Also brain scans can see levels of emotion or lack of.  There have been interesting studies on neglected children, and when a brain scan was done on these children, levels of brain function directly correlated with lack of response and emotion when stimulated. Also gave comparisons of a normal child's brain scan.\nThere is also a study of convicted murders and their brain scans showed decreased  energy in certain areas of the brain that show empathy, compassion, etc..
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You could perform a social science experiment by questioning say 10 to 15 cancer patients and asked how it has effected their lifes and how they cope with it. Then state the differrences between those who are coping well and make the best of things and those people who let themselfs get depressed and want to give up. Maybe lifestyles, and what they hold on to or their backrounds that may help or hinder them.
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There's the lie detector tests, I suppose. \n\nThere's also methods by which you can measure electrical activity in various parts of the brain. Activity in different parts of the brain correspond to different emotions/feelings/states etc - like fear, arousal, sleep etc. So you could possibly make some kind of inductive reasoning judgements based on that. \n\nBut for exactly what's on their minds - not as far as I know.