Perceived Bodily Correlates of Emotion in Relation to a Two-Dimensional Model of Affect Space
100 subjects provided ratings of the “degree to which they would show” 41 bodily reactions (such as “tears,” “tense muscles,” and “a feeling of coldness”) in association with one of 20 emotions. Means of 5 subjects' ratings of each emotion were the dependent variables in 41 2 × 2 analyses of variance, with scaled Pleasantness (high or low) and scaled Arousal (high or low) as the independent variables. Significant main effects were associated with 24 reactions for Pleasantness and 6 reactions for Arousal. For 5 reactions, the Pleasantness × Arousal interaction was significant. A systematic (though not necessarily exclusive) relationship between affective dimensions and reported bodily reactions is inferred.