Affect Consciousness

Affect Consciousness

Affect consciousness refers to an individual's ability to consciously perceive, tolerate, reflect upon, and express affects. These four abilities are operationalized as degrees of awareness, tolerance, emotional (nonverbal) expression, and conceptual (verbal) expression of each of the following nine affect categories :

  1. Interest/Excitement
  2. Enjoyment/Joy
  3. Fear/Panic
  4. Anger/Rage
  5. Shame/Humiliation
  1. Sadness/Despair
  2. Envy/Jealousy
  3. Guilt/Remorse
  4. Tenderness/Care

The Affect Consciousness Interview (ACI) (Monsen et al., 2009), a semi-structured interview, is used to evaluate an individual's affect consciousness. The ACI evaluates the individual's awareness, tolerance, emotional expression, and conceptual expression of each of the nine affect categories are evaluated using a nine-point Affect Consciousness Scale (ACS); the most current version contains eleven affect categories.

Read more about Affect Consciousness:  AC Continuum, Mentalization

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