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      "definition": "The pleasure-displeasure dimension of affective experience (Russell 1980; PAD pleasure pole).",
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        "Pleasure-displeasure",
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        "Russell 1980",
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      "definition": "The activation-deactivation dimension of affective experience; degree of energy, mobilization, or alertness.",
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        "abstract.core_affect"
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        "Activation",
        "Energy"
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        "Russell 1980",
        "Mehrabian & Russell 1974"
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        "dimensional"
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      "definition": "The sense of control versus submissiveness over one's circumstances; third PAD dimension (Mehrabian & Russell 1974). Related to appraisal dimensions of control and power.",
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        "Control",
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        "Mehrabian & Russell 1974",
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        "dimensional",
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      "name": "Approach-Avoidance Motivation",
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      "definition": "Motivational direction toward appetitive or away from aversive stimuli; behavioral activation/inhibition (Gray 1982; Harmon-Jones 2003).",
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        "affect"
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      "definition": "The evaluation of an event's significance for one's goals and well-being; appraisals give emotions their object-directed structure (Lazarus 1991; Scherer 2001).",
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        "affect"
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        "Cognitive appraisal"
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        "Lazarus 1991",
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        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985"
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      "definition": "The subjective, consciously experienced component of an affective state (the phenomenology; distinct from the full emotion episode).",
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        "affect"
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        "feeling = experienced component; emotion = multi-component episode"
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        "Scherer 2005",
        "Damasio 1999"
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        "phenomenology",
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      "id": "abstract.mood",
      "name": "Mood",
      "category": "abstract",
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      "definition": "A diffuse, low-intensity, relatively enduring affective state without a specific object (unlike emotions); biases cognition and behavior broadly.",
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        "affect"
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        "diffuse (no object) vs emotion (object-directed); longer duration"
      ],
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        "Frijda 1993",
        "Watson 2000"
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        "affect"
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        "emotion.gladness",
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        "emotion.glee",
        "emotion.playfulness",
        "emotion.lightheartedness",
        "emotion.optimism",
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        "emotion.awe",
        "emotion.wonder",
        "emotion.amazement",
        "emotion.astonishment",
        "emotion.fascination",
        "emotion.curiosity",
        "emotion.inspiration",
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        "emotion.gratitude",
        "emotion.appreciation",
        "emotion.compassion",
        "emotion.sympathy",
        "emotion.pity",
        "emotion.empathy",
        "emotion.security",
        "emotion.safety",
        "emotion.comfort",
        "emotion.coziness",
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        "emotion.rage",
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        "emotion.irritation",
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        "emotion.exasperation",
        "emotion.indignation",
        "emotion.outrage",
        "emotion.resentment",
        "emotion.bitterness",
        "emotion.hatred",
        "emotion.hostility",
        "emotion.animosity",
        "emotion.enmity",
        "emotion.spite",
        "emotion.malice",
        "emotion.vindictiveness",
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        "emotion.fright",
        "emotion.terror",
        "emotion.panic",
        "emotion.alarm",
        "emotion.dread",
        "emotion.horror",
        "emotion.startle",
        "emotion.shock",
        "emotion.anxiety",
        "emotion.worry",
        "emotion.concern",
        "emotion.apprehension",
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        "emotion.nervousness",
        "emotion.trepidation",
        "emotion.angst",
        "emotion.agitation",
        "emotion.overwhelm",
        "emotion.hopelessness",
        "emotion.pessimism",
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        "emotion.despair",
        "emotion.dejection",
        "emotion.melancholy",
        "emotion.gloom",
        "emotion.loneliness",
        "emotion.homesickness",
        "emotion.heartbreak",
        "emotion.disappointment",
        "emotion.disillusionment",
        "emotion.discouragement",
        "emotion.dismay",
        "emotion.regret",
        "emotion.remorse",
        "emotion.guilt",
        "emotion.shame",
        "emotion.embarrassment",
        "emotion.humiliation",
        "emotion.self_consciousness",
        "emotion.shyness",
        "emotion.inferiority",
        "emotion.inadequacy",
        "emotion.self_disgust",
        "emotion.envy",
        "emotion.jealousy",
        "emotion.covetousness",
        "emotion.disdain",
        "emotion.scorn",
        "emotion.derision",
        "emotion.condescension",
        "emotion.superiority",
        "emotion.hubris",
        "emotion.arrogance",
        "emotion.self_righteousness",
        "emotion.revulsion",
        "emotion.repulsion",
        "emotion.aversion",
        "emotion.distaste",
        "emotion.loathing",
        "emotion.boredom",
        "emotion.ennui",
        "emotion.apathy",
        "emotion.indifference",
        "emotion.listlessness",
        "emotion.lethargy",
        "emotion.emptiness",
        "emotion.numbness",
        "emotion.confusion",
        "emotion.perplexity",
        "emotion.bewilderment",
        "emotion.disorientation",
        "emotion.uncertainty",
        "emotion.doubt",
        "emotion.suspicion",
        "emotion.distrust",
        "emotion.certainty",
        "emotion.skepticism",
        "emotion.impatience",
        "emotion.resignation",
        "emotion.schadenfreude",
        "emotion.gloating",
        "emotion.personal_distress",
        "emotion.belonging",
        "emotion.rejection",
        "emotion.betrayal",
        "emotion.loyalty",
        "emotion.solidarity",
        "emotion.anger_at_self",
        "emotion.submission",
        "emotion.disapproval",
        "emotion.aggressiveness",
        "emotion.cynicism",
        "emotion.fatalism",
        "emotion.condemnation",
        "emotion.caring",
        "emotion.generosity",
        "emotion.forgiveness",
        "emotion.mercy",
        "emotion.indebtedness",
        "emotion.jealousy_romantic",
        "emotion.competitiveness",
        "emotion.altruism",
        "emotion.communal_feeling",
        "emotion.compassionate_love",
        "emotion.romantic_longing",
        "emotion.sublime",
        "emotion.musical_emotion",
        "emotion.entrancement",
        "emotion.insight",
        "cultural.saudade",
        "cultural.amae",
        "cultural.schadenfreude",
        "cultural.litost",
        "cultural.toska",
        "cultural.hiraeth",
        "cultural.sehnsucht",
        "cultural.fernweh",
        "cultural.hygge",
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        "cultural.naches",
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        "cultural.kaukokaipuu",
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        "cultural.sisu",
        "cultural.duende",
        "cultural.natsukashii",
        "cultural.malu",
        "cultural.greng_jai",
        "cultural.torschlusspanik",
        "cultural.appel_du_vide",
        "cultural.ikigai",
        "cultural.ubuntu",
        "emotion.humility",
        "emotion.expectation"
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      "id": "cat.mood",
      "name": "Moods (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Diffuse, lower-intensity, longer-lasting affective states without a specific object.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
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        "mood.irritable",
        "mood.anxious",
        "mood.depressed",
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        "mood.tense",
        "mood.euphoric",
        "mood.melancholic",
        "mood.grumpy",
        "mood.upbeat",
        "mood.blue",
        "mood.blah",
        "mood.restless",
        "mood.optimistic",
        "mood.weary",
        "mood.agitated",
        "mood.lethargic"
      ]
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      "id": "cat.feeling",
      "name": "Feelings (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Consciously experienced bodily and subjective sensations that may or may not be part of a full emotion episode.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "feeling.tension",
        "feeling.relaxation",
        "feeling.restlessness",
        "feeling.heaviness",
        "feeling.lightness"
      ]
    },
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      "id": "cat.drive",
      "name": "Drives (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Homeostatic and survival-relevant motivational pressures arising from bodily needs.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
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        "drive.hunger",
        "drive.thirst",
        "drive.sleepiness",
        "drive.fatigue",
        "drive.lust",
        "drive.craving",
        "drive.urge",
        "drive.exploration"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.need",
      "name": "Needs (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Basic requirements whose satisfaction is required for well-being; needs motivate behavior when unsatisfied.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "need.safety",
        "need.relatedness",
        "need.competence",
        "need.autonomy",
        "need.esteem",
        "need.meaning"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.motivation",
      "name": "Motivations (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Goal-directed tendencies that energize and direct behavior.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "motivation.approach",
        "motivation.avoidance",
        "motivation.achievement",
        "motivation.affiliation",
        "motivation.power",
        "motivation.reparation",
        "motivation.self_protection"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.desire",
      "name": "Desires (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Object-directed wanting states; motivational in character.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "desire.wanting",
        "desire.connection",
        "desire.recognition",
        "desire.escape"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.appraisal",
      "name": "Appraisals (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Cognitive evaluations of events relative to goals (not emotions themselves).",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "grp.appraisal_type",
        "appraisal.threat",
        "appraisal.loss",
        "appraisal.injustice",
        "appraisal.goal_blocked",
        "appraisal.goal_attained",
        "appraisal.self_blame",
        "appraisal.other_blame",
        "appraisal.uncertainty",
        "appraisal.certainty",
        "appraisal.control_low",
        "appraisal.control_high",
        "appraisal.agency_self",
        "appraisal.agency_other",
        "appraisal.social_comparison_upward",
        "appraisal.social_comparison_downward",
        "appraisal.fairness_violation",
        "appraisal.moral_violation",
        "appraisal.novelty",
        "appraisal.unexpectedness",
        "appraisal.vastness",
        "appraisal.communal_sharing_intensified",
        "appraisal.coping_potential_low",
        "appraisal.coping_potential_high"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.physiological_state",
      "name": "Physiological states (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Bodily states that accompany or constitute the somatic component of affect.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "physio.sympathetic_arousal",
        "physio.parasympathetic_calm",
        "physio.fight_flight_response",
        "physio.tend_befriend_response",
        "physio.startle_reflex",
        "physio.crying",
        "physio.laughing",
        "physio.heart_racing",
        "physio.goosebumps",
        "physio.trembling",
        "physio.flushing",
        "physio.nausea",
        "physio.pain",
        "physio.muscle_tension"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.behavioral_tendency",
      "name": "Behavioral tendencies (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Action impulses or response dispositions associated with affective states.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "behavior.approach",
        "behavior.avoidance",
        "behavior.escape",
        "behavior.attack",
        "behavior.aggression",
        "behavior.freeze",
        "behavior.affiliation",
        "behavior.helping",
        "behavior.withdrawal",
        "behavior.hiding",
        "behavior.appeasement",
        "behavior.submission",
        "behavior.dominance_display",
        "behavior.reparation",
        "behavior.social_sharing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.trait",
      "name": "Traits (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Enduring dispositional tendencies to experience or express affect.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.arrogance",
        "trait.neuroticism",
        "trait.extraversion",
        "trait.openness",
        "trait.conscientiousness",
        "trait.agreeableness",
        "trait.positive_affectivity",
        "trait.negative_affectivity",
        "trait.trait_anxiety",
        "trait.trait_anger",
        "trait.dispositional_optimism",
        "trait.behavioral_inhibition_system",
        "trait.behavioral_activation_system",
        "trait.emotional_granularity",
        "trait.alexithymia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.sentiment",
      "name": "Sentiments (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Enduring, object-directed affective attitudes (e.g., love, hatred toward a person).",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.love",
        "emotion.attachment",
        "emotion.respect",
        "emotion.faith",
        "emotion.hatred",
        "emotion.enmity",
        "emotion.loyalty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.mental_state",
      "name": "Mental states (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Cognitive or attentional states closely tied to affect.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.flow",
        "mental.absorption",
        "mental.mind_wandering",
        "mental.rumination",
        "mental.alertness",
        "mental.vigilance",
        "mental.attentional_focus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.affective_system",
      "name": "Affective systems (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Neurobehavioral emotion circuits identified in affective neuroscience.",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "system.seeking",
        "system.fear",
        "system.rage",
        "system.lust",
        "system.care",
        "system.panic_grief",
        "system.play"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cat.meta_state",
      "name": "Meta-affective states (category)",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "States about other affective states (e.g., ambivalence, emotional clarity).",
      "parents": [
        "affect"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "trait.emotional_granularity",
        "meta.ambivalence",
        "meta.mixed_feelings",
        "meta.emotional_clarity",
        "meta.emotion_regulation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.basic_emotion",
      "name": "Basic emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotion families repeatedly proposed as biologically basic (the exact membership is disputed; see docs/04).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.joy",
        "emotion.sadness",
        "emotion.fear",
        "emotion.anger",
        "emotion.disgust",
        "emotion.surprise",
        "emotion.interest",
        "emotion.anticipation",
        "emotion.trust",
        "emotion.contempt",
        "emotion.rage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.complex_emotion",
      "name": "Complex emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotion families that require higher cognition, social context, or blending of simpler states.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "grp.social_emotion",
        "grp.self_conscious_emotion",
        "grp.moral_emotion",
        "grp.epistemic_emotion",
        "grp.aesthetic_emotion",
        "grp.prospective_emotion",
        "grp.retrospective_emotion",
        "grp.empathic_emotion",
        "grp.mixed_emotion",
        "grp.cultural_emotion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.positive_emotion",
      "name": "Positive emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions with positive valence (the grouping is a convenience; mixed emotions straddle it).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.joy",
        "emotion.interest",
        "emotion.trust",
        "emotion.happiness",
        "emotion.contentment",
        "emotion.serenity",
        "emotion.calmness",
        "emotion.relief",
        "emotion.satisfaction",
        "emotion.pleasure",
        "emotion.delight",
        "emotion.elation",
        "emotion.euphoria",
        "emotion.bliss",
        "emotion.ecstasy",
        "emotion.excitement",
        "emotion.enthusiasm",
        "emotion.eagerness",
        "emotion.thrill",
        "emotion.zest",
        "emotion.cheerfulness",
        "emotion.gladness",
        "emotion.amusement",
        "emotion.mirth",
        "emotion.glee",
        "emotion.playfulness",
        "emotion.lightheartedness",
        "emotion.optimism",
        "emotion.hope",
        "emotion.courage",
        "emotion.confidence",
        "emotion.pride",
        "emotion.tenderness",
        "emotion.affection",
        "emotion.friendliness",
        "emotion.warmth",
        "emotion.love",
        "emotion.romantic_love",
        "emotion.infatuation",
        "emotion.devotion",
        "emotion.adoration",
        "emotion.admiration",
        "emotion.reverence",
        "emotion.awe",
        "emotion.wonder",
        "emotion.amazement",
        "emotion.fascination",
        "emotion.curiosity",
        "emotion.inspiration",
        "emotion.elevation",
        "emotion.gratitude",
        "emotion.appreciation",
        "emotion.compassion",
        "emotion.security",
        "emotion.safety",
        "emotion.comfort",
        "emotion.coziness",
        "emotion.being_moved",
        "emotion.flow",
        "emotion.triumph",
        "emotion.vindication",
        "emotion.faith",
        "emotion.aesthetic_appreciation",
        "emotion.aesthetic_chills",
        "emotion.certainty",
        "emotion.belonging",
        "emotion.solidarity",
        "mood.cheerful",
        "mood.serene",
        "mood.euphoric",
        "mood.upbeat",
        "mood.optimistic",
        "feeling.relaxation",
        "feeling.lightness",
        "emotion.generosity",
        "emotion.forgiveness",
        "emotion.mercy",
        "emotion.altruism",
        "emotion.communal_feeling",
        "emotion.compassionate_love",
        "emotion.entrancement",
        "emotion.insight",
        "cultural.hygge",
        "cultural.gezellig",
        "cultural.naches",
        "cultural.ker",
        "cultural.sisu",
        "cultural.ikigai",
        "cultural.ubuntu",
        "emotion.humility"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.negative_emotion",
      "name": "Negative emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions with negative valence.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.sadness",
        "emotion.fear",
        "emotion.anger",
        "emotion.disgust",
        "emotion.contempt",
        "emotion.smugness",
        "emotion.rage",
        "emotion.fury",
        "emotion.irritation",
        "emotion.annoyance",
        "emotion.frustration",
        "emotion.exasperation",
        "emotion.indignation",
        "emotion.outrage",
        "emotion.resentment",
        "emotion.bitterness",
        "emotion.hatred",
        "emotion.hostility",
        "emotion.animosity",
        "emotion.enmity",
        "emotion.spite",
        "emotion.malice",
        "emotion.vindictiveness",
        "emotion.moral_disgust",
        "emotion.fright",
        "emotion.terror",
        "emotion.panic",
        "emotion.alarm",
        "emotion.dread",
        "emotion.horror",
        "emotion.startle",
        "emotion.shock",
        "emotion.anxiety",
        "emotion.worry",
        "emotion.concern",
        "emotion.apprehension",
        "emotion.unease",
        "emotion.nervousness",
        "emotion.trepidation",
        "emotion.angst",
        "emotion.agitation",
        "emotion.overwhelm",
        "emotion.hopelessness",
        "emotion.pessimism",
        "emotion.grief",
        "emotion.sorrow",
        "emotion.misery",
        "emotion.anguish",
        "emotion.despair",
        "emotion.dejection",
        "emotion.melancholy",
        "emotion.gloom",
        "emotion.loneliness",
        "emotion.homesickness",
        "emotion.heartbreak",
        "emotion.disappointment",
        "emotion.disillusionment",
        "emotion.discouragement",
        "emotion.dismay",
        "emotion.regret",
        "emotion.remorse",
        "emotion.guilt",
        "emotion.shame",
        "emotion.embarrassment",
        "emotion.humiliation",
        "emotion.self_consciousness",
        "emotion.shyness",
        "emotion.inferiority",
        "emotion.inadequacy",
        "emotion.self_disgust",
        "emotion.envy",
        "emotion.jealousy",
        "emotion.covetousness",
        "emotion.disdain",
        "emotion.scorn",
        "emotion.derision",
        "emotion.condescension",
        "emotion.superiority",
        "emotion.hubris",
        "emotion.arrogance",
        "emotion.self_righteousness",
        "emotion.revulsion",
        "emotion.repulsion",
        "emotion.aversion",
        "emotion.distaste",
        "emotion.loathing",
        "emotion.boredom",
        "emotion.ennui",
        "emotion.apathy",
        "emotion.indifference",
        "emotion.listlessness",
        "emotion.lethargy",
        "emotion.emptiness",
        "emotion.numbness",
        "emotion.confusion",
        "emotion.perplexity",
        "emotion.bewilderment",
        "emotion.disorientation",
        "emotion.impatience",
        "emotion.resignation",
        "emotion.schadenfreude",
        "emotion.gloating",
        "emotion.personal_distress",
        "emotion.rejection",
        "emotion.betrayal",
        "emotion.anger_at_self",
        "mood.irritable",
        "mood.anxious",
        "mood.depressed",
        "mood.tense",
        "mood.melancholic",
        "mood.grumpy",
        "mood.blue",
        "mood.blah",
        "mood.restless",
        "mood.weary",
        "mood.agitated",
        "mood.lethargic",
        "emotion.disapproval",
        "emotion.aggressiveness",
        "emotion.cynicism",
        "emotion.fatalism",
        "emotion.condemnation",
        "emotion.indebtedness",
        "emotion.jealousy_romantic",
        "cultural.litost",
        "cultural.toska",
        "cultural.awumbuk"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.social_emotion",
      "name": "Social emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions whose elicitation and function are essentially interpersonal.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.trust",
        "emotion.tenderness",
        "emotion.affection",
        "emotion.friendliness",
        "emotion.warmth",
        "emotion.love",
        "emotion.romantic_love",
        "emotion.infatuation",
        "emotion.limerence",
        "emotion.attachment",
        "emotion.devotion",
        "emotion.adoration",
        "emotion.admiration",
        "emotion.respect",
        "emotion.gratitude",
        "emotion.sympathy",
        "emotion.empathy",
        "emotion.being_moved",
        "emotion.triumph",
        "emotion.hatred",
        "emotion.hostility",
        "emotion.animosity",
        "emotion.spite",
        "emotion.loneliness",
        "emotion.heartbreak",
        "emotion.embarrassment",
        "emotion.humiliation",
        "emotion.shyness",
        "emotion.envy",
        "emotion.jealousy",
        "emotion.covetousness",
        "emotion.condescension",
        "emotion.superiority",
        "emotion.arrogance",
        "emotion.suspicion",
        "emotion.distrust",
        "emotion.schadenfreude",
        "emotion.gloating",
        "emotion.belonging",
        "emotion.rejection",
        "emotion.betrayal",
        "emotion.loyalty",
        "emotion.solidarity",
        "emotion.submission",
        "emotion.aggressiveness",
        "emotion.caring",
        "emotion.jealousy_romantic",
        "emotion.competitiveness",
        "emotion.communal_feeling",
        "emotion.compassionate_love",
        "emotion.romantic_longing",
        "cultural.amae",
        "cultural.schadenfreude",
        "cultural.mamihlapinatapai",
        "cultural.greng_jai",
        "cultural.ubuntu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.self_conscious_emotion",
      "name": "Self-conscious emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions that require self-evaluation and awareness of others' perspectives (shame, guilt, pride, embarrassment).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.pride",
        "emotion.guilt",
        "emotion.shame",
        "emotion.embarrassment",
        "emotion.humiliation",
        "emotion.self_consciousness",
        "emotion.shyness",
        "emotion.inferiority",
        "emotion.inadequacy",
        "emotion.self_disgust",
        "emotion.hubris",
        "emotion.anger_at_self",
        "cultural.naches",
        "cultural.malu",
        "emotion.humility"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.moral_emotion",
      "name": "Moral emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions that respond to moral events: the welfare of others, moral violations, and one's own moral standing.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.contempt",
        "emotion.admiration",
        "emotion.reverence",
        "emotion.inspiration",
        "emotion.elevation",
        "emotion.gratitude",
        "emotion.compassion",
        "emotion.indignation",
        "emotion.outrage",
        "emotion.resentment",
        "emotion.vindictiveness",
        "emotion.moral_disgust",
        "emotion.remorse",
        "emotion.guilt",
        "emotion.self_disgust",
        "emotion.disdain",
        "emotion.scorn",
        "emotion.self_righteousness",
        "emotion.disapproval",
        "emotion.condemnation",
        "emotion.generosity",
        "emotion.forgiveness",
        "emotion.mercy",
        "emotion.indebtedness",
        "emotion.altruism",
        "cultural.song",
        "emotion.humility"
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    },
    {
      "id": "grp.epistemic_emotion",
      "name": "Epistemic emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions about the state of one's knowledge or understanding (curiosity, confusion, certainty, doubt).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.wonder",
        "emotion.amazement",
        "emotion.astonishment",
        "emotion.fascination",
        "emotion.curiosity",
        "emotion.confusion",
        "emotion.perplexity",
        "emotion.bewilderment",
        "emotion.disorientation",
        "emotion.uncertainty",
        "emotion.doubt",
        "emotion.suspicion",
        "emotion.distrust",
        "emotion.certainty",
        "emotion.skepticism",
        "emotion.cynicism",
        "emotion.insight"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.aesthetic_emotion",
      "name": "Aesthetic emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions evoked by beauty, art, and vast or extraordinary stimuli (awe, wonder, aesthetic chills).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.reverence",
        "emotion.awe",
        "emotion.wonder",
        "emotion.aesthetic_appreciation",
        "emotion.aesthetic_chills",
        "emotion.sublime",
        "emotion.musical_emotion",
        "emotion.entrancement",
        "cultural.duende"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.prospective_emotion",
      "name": "Prospective emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions oriented toward possible future events (hope, dread, anticipation, anxiety).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.anticipation",
        "emotion.excitement",
        "emotion.eagerness",
        "emotion.optimism",
        "emotion.hope",
        "emotion.courage",
        "emotion.longing",
        "emotion.dread",
        "emotion.anxiety",
        "emotion.worry",
        "emotion.apprehension",
        "emotion.trepidation",
        "emotion.angst",
        "emotion.hopelessness",
        "emotion.pessimism",
        "emotion.impatience",
        "emotion.resignation",
        "emotion.fatalism",
        "cultural.fernweh",
        "cultural.torschlusspanik",
        "emotion.expectation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.retrospective_emotion",
      "name": "Retrospective emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions oriented toward past events (regret, relief, nostalgia, pride).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.relief",
        "emotion.satisfaction",
        "emotion.pride",
        "emotion.nostalgia",
        "emotion.wistfulness",
        "emotion.vindication",
        "emotion.homesickness",
        "emotion.disappointment",
        "emotion.regret",
        "emotion.remorse"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.empathic_emotion",
      "name": "Empathic emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotions felt in response to another's situation (compassion, sympathy, personal distress).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.tenderness",
        "emotion.compassion",
        "emotion.sympathy",
        "emotion.pity",
        "emotion.empathy",
        "emotion.being_moved",
        "emotion.concern",
        "emotion.personal_distress",
        "emotion.caring",
        "cultural.fago"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.mixed_emotion",
      "name": "Mixed emotions",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Experiences in which positive and negative affect co-occur or interweave (ambivalent, bittersweet states).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "emotion.nostalgia",
        "emotion.wistfulness",
        "emotion.longing",
        "emotion.yearning",
        "emotion.melancholy",
        "emotion.schadenfreude",
        "emotion.jealousy_romantic",
        "emotion.romantic_longing",
        "cultural.saudade",
        "cultural.hiraeth",
        "cultural.sehnsucht",
        "cultural.fago",
        "cultural.kaukokaipuu",
        "cultural.natsukashii",
        "meta.ambivalence",
        "meta.mixed_feelings"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.cultural_emotion",
      "name": "Culturally specific emotion concepts",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Emotion concepts lexicalized in particular languages without a direct equivalent in many others.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.complex_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "cultural.saudade",
        "cultural.amae",
        "cultural.schadenfreude",
        "cultural.litost",
        "cultural.toska",
        "cultural.hiraeth",
        "cultural.sehnsucht",
        "cultural.fernweh",
        "cultural.hygge",
        "cultural.gezellig",
        "cultural.naches",
        "cultural.fago",
        "cultural.liget",
        "cultural.song",
        "cultural.ker",
        "cultural.awumbuk",
        "cultural.gigil",
        "cultural.kaukokaipuu",
        "cultural.mamihlapinatapai",
        "cultural.sisu",
        "cultural.duende",
        "cultural.natsukashii",
        "cultural.malu",
        "cultural.greng_jai",
        "cultural.torschlusspanik",
        "cultural.appel_du_vide",
        "cultural.ikigai",
        "cultural.ubuntu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "grp.homeostatic_drive",
      "name": "Homeostatic drives",
      "category": "construct",
      "subcategory": "category_grouper",
      "definition": "Survival-relevant drives arising from bodily needs.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.drive"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": [
        "drive.hunger",
        "drive.thirst",
        "drive.sleepiness",
        "drive.fatigue",
        "drive.lust",
        "drive.craving",
        "drive.urge",
        "drive.exploration"
      ]
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        "grp.positive_emotion"
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        "grp.positive_emotion"
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        "Watkins et al. 2006 (gratitude vs indebtedness)"
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        "cat.emotion",
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        "grp.negative_emotion",
        "grp.mixed_emotion"
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      },
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        "Guerrero & Andersen 1998"
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    },
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        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.social_emotion"
      ],
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        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.moral_emotion",
        "grp.positive_emotion"
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      },
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        "Batson 2011 (empathy-altruism)"
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Communal Feeling",
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      "definition": "Warmth and unity with a group or partner (cf. kama muta's substrate, communal sharing).",
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        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.social_emotion",
        "grp.positive_emotion"
      ],
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      },
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        "Fiske 1991 (communal sharing)"
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        "cat.emotion",
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        "grp.mixed_emotion"
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    },
    {
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        "Ottenheimer 2009"
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      "definition": "A reluctance to impose on others or disturb their comfort, out of consideration (Thai).",
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        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.cultural_emotion",
        "grp.social_emotion"
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        "cat.emotion",
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        "cat.emotion",
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        "grp.positive_emotion"
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    {
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      "definition": "A felt interdependence: 'I am because we are'; compassion and human connectedness (Nguni Bantu).",
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        "cat.emotion",
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        "grp.positive_emotion"
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    },
    {
      "id": "emotion.humility",
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        "cat.emotion",
        "grp.self_conscious_emotion",
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        "Kruse et al. 2014"
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        "cat.emotion",
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        "dimensional"
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    },
    {
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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      "object_directedness": "object_directed",
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      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "drive.thirst",
      "name": "Thirst",
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      "definition": "The motivational pressure from fluid depletion, driving drinking.",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "McKinley & Johnson 2004"
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    },
    {
      "id": "drive.sleepiness",
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      "definition": "The pressure to sleep from accumulated sleep need.",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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        "Drowsiness"
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        "Borbély 1982 (two-process model)"
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    {
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      "definition": "Physical or mental exhaustion reducing capacity and motivation.",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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        "Exhaustion (state)"
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        "Chaudhuri & Behan 2004"
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        "affective_neuroscience",
        "clinical"
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      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "drive.lust",
      "name": "Lust (Sexual Desire)",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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        "Sexual desire",
        "Libido"
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        "Panksepp 1998 (LUST)",
        "Cowen & Keltner 2017 (sexual desire)"
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        "evolutionary",
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    },
    {
      "id": "drive.craving",
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      "definition": "Intense, urgent desire for a specific substance or experience.",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Robinson & Berridge 1993 (incentive salience)",
        "Anton 1999 (alcohol craving)"
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        "affective_neuroscience",
        "clinical"
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    },
    {
      "id": "drive.urge",
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      "definition": "A sudden, strong impulse to act (e.g., to withdraw, strike, or approach).",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
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        "Frijda 1986 (action readiness)"
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        "phenomenology",
        "evolutionary"
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      "object_directedness": "object_directed",
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    },
    {
      "id": "drive.exploration",
      "name": "Exploration Drive",
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      "subcategory": "homeostatic_drive",
      "definition": "The appetitive motivation to explore novel environments; the SEEKING system.",
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        "cat.drive",
        "grp.homeostatic_drive"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Novelty seeking (state)"
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        "system.seeking"
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        "Panksepp 1998 (SEEKING)",
        "Berlyne 1960"
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        "evolutionary",
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      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
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    },
    {
      "id": "need.safety",
      "name": "Safety Need",
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      "definition": "The requirement for physical and psychological security; motivates threat avoidance when unmet.",
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        "cat.need"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Maslow 1943",
        "Bowlby 1969 (safe haven)"
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        "evolutionary",
        "social"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
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    },
    {
      "id": "need.relatedness",
      "name": "Relatedness Need",
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      "definition": "The need for belonging and connection with others (Baumeister & Leary's belongingness).",
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        "cat.need"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Belongingness need"
      ],
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        "Baumeister & Leary 1995",
        "Deci & Ryan 2000"
      ],
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        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
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    },
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      "id": "need.competence",
      "name": "Competence Need",
      "category": "need",
      "subcategory": "need",
      "definition": "The need to be effective and master challenges (Deci & Ryan).",
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        "cat.need"
      ],
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        "Effectance"
      ],
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        "Deci & Ryan 2000",
        "White 1959"
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        "social",
        "positive_psychology"
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      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "need.autonomy",
      "name": "Autonomy Need",
      "category": "need",
      "subcategory": "need",
      "definition": "The need to act from one's own will and self-endorsement (Deci & Ryan).",
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        "cat.need"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Deci & Ryan 2000"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "need.esteem",
      "name": "Esteem Need",
      "category": "need",
      "subcategory": "need",
      "definition": "The need for self-respect and recognition from others (Maslow).",
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        "cat.need"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Maslow 1943",
        "Leary et al. 1995 (sociometer)"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "need.meaning",
      "name": "Meaning Need",
      "category": "need",
      "subcategory": "need",
      "definition": "The need for coherence, purpose, and significance in life.",
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        "cat.need"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Frankl 1959",
        "Heine et al. 2006 (meaning maintenance)"
      ],
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        "phenomenology",
        "positive_psychology"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "motivation.approach",
      "name": "Approach Motivation",
      "category": "motivation",
      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "Motivational direction toward appetitive goals and rewards.",
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        "cat.motivation",
        "abstract.approach_avoidance"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Gray 1982 (BAS)",
        "Elliot 2006"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "dimensional"
      ],
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      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "motivation.avoidance",
      "name": "Avoidance Motivation",
      "category": "motivation",
      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "Motivational direction away from aversive stimuli and threats.",
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        "cat.motivation",
        "abstract.approach_avoidance"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Gray 1982 (BIS)",
        "Elliot 2006"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "motivation.achievement",
      "name": "Achievement Motivation",
      "category": "motivation",
      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "The motive to excel and meet standards of excellence (McClelland).",
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        "cat.motivation"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "McClelland 1961",
        "Atkinson 1964"
      ],
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        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "motivation.affiliation",
      "name": "Affiliation Motivation",
      "category": "motivation",
      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "The motive to establish and maintain warm relationships.",
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        "cat.motivation"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "McClelland 1961",
        "Baumeister & Leary 1995"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "motivation.power",
      "name": "Power Motivation",
      "category": "motivation",
      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "The motive to have impact, influence, or control over others.",
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        "cat.motivation"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "McClelland 1961",
        "Winter 1973"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "duration": "weeks_years",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "motivation.reparation",
      "name": "Reparation Motivation",
      "category": "motivation",
      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "The motive to make amends after harming another; linked to guilt.",
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        "cat.motivation"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Tangney & Dearing 2002",
        "Ketelaar & Au 2003"
      ],
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        "moral",
        "social"
      ],
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      "children": []
    },
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      "id": "motivation.self_protection",
      "name": "Self-Protection Motivation",
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      "subcategory": "motivation",
      "definition": "The motive to protect oneself from physical or social harm.",
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        "cat.motivation"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Tooby & Cosmides 2008 (evolutionary motives)"
      ],
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        "evolutionary"
      ],
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      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "desire.wanting",
      "name": "Wanting",
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      "subcategory": "desire",
      "definition": "The appetitive desire for an object, outcome, or experience; incentive salience.",
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        "cat.desire"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Desire (generic)"
      ],
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        "Berridge & Robinson 1998 (wanting vs liking)"
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        "affective_neuroscience",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
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      "object_directedness": "object_directed",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "desire.connection",
      "name": "Desire for Connection",
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      "subcategory": "desire",
      "definition": "The desire for intimacy and closeness with another person.",
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        "cat.desire"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Baumeister & Leary 1995"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social"
      ],
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      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "desire.recognition",
      "name": "Desire for Recognition",
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      "subcategory": "desire",
      "definition": "The desire to be acknowledged, admired, or respected.",
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        "cat.desire"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Leary et al. 1995 (sociometer theory)"
      ],
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        "social"
      ],
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      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "desire.escape",
      "name": "Desire to Escape",
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      "definition": "The desire to flee an aversive situation or state, including one's own mind.",
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        "cat.desire"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Baumeister 1990 (escape from self)"
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        "clinical",
        "phenomenology"
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      "children": []
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      "id": "appraisal.threat",
      "name": "Threat Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that an imminent danger is present.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Lazarus 1991",
        "Öhman 2008"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.loss",
      "name": "Loss Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that something valuable has been lost or is irrevocably absent.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Lazarus 1991"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
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      "id": "appraisal.injustice",
      "name": "Injustice Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that an event violates fairness or just deserts.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Feather 2006",
        "Haidt 2003"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "moral"
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      "id": "appraisal.goal_blocked",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that progress toward a goal is obstructed.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Lazarus 1991",
        "Berkowitz 1989"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
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      "id": "appraisal.goal_attained",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence": [
        "Lazarus 1991",
        "OCC (well-being emotions)"
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        "appraisal"
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      "id": "appraisal.self_blame",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985 (responsibility)",
        "Tracy & Robins 2004"
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        "appraisal",
        "self_conscious"
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    {
      "id": "appraisal.other_blame",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985",
        "OCC (attribution emotions)"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "moral"
      ],
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      "id": "appraisal.uncertainty",
      "name": "Uncertainty Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that an outcome is uncertain; low certainty.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985 (certainty dimension)"
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.certainty",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence": [
        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985"
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        "appraisal"
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    {
      "id": "appraisal.control_low",
      "name": "Low Control Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that one has little control over a situation.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985 (situational control)",
        "Lazarus & Folkman 1984"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.control_high",
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        "cat.appraisal"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985",
        "Lazarus & Folkman 1984"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.agency_self",
      "name": "Self-Agency Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that oneself caused the event (internal attribution).",
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        "cat.appraisal"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Weiner 1985 (attribution theory)",
        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985"
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.agency_other",
      "name": "Other-Agency Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that another person caused the event (external attribution).",
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        "cat.appraisal"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Weiner 1985",
        "Smith & Ellsworth 1985"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.social_comparison_upward",
      "name": "Upward Social Comparison",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that another person is better off than oneself in a valued domain.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Festinger 1954",
        "Smith & Kim 2007"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "social"
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    {
      "id": "appraisal.social_comparison_downward",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that another person is worse off than oneself.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
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        "Festinger 1954",
        "Wills 1981"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "social"
      ],
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      "id": "appraisal.fairness_violation",
      "name": "Fairness Violation Appraisal",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that fair treatment has been denied.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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        "Fehr & Gächter 2002 (altruistic punishment)"
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        "appraisal",
        "moral"
      ],
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    {
      "id": "appraisal.moral_violation",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Haidt 2003",
        "Rozin et al. 1999"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "moral"
      ],
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      "id": "appraisal.novelty",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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        "Scherer 2001 (novelty check)",
        "Silvia 2008"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "epistemic"
      ],
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    {
      "id": "appraisal.unexpectedness",
      "name": "Unexpectedness Appraisal",
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      "subcategory": "appraisal_type",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Scherer 2001",
        "Meyer et al. 1997 (surprise)"
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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      "id": "appraisal.vastness",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Keltner & Haidt 2003"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "aesthetic"
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      "id": "appraisal.communal_sharing_intensified",
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        "cat.appraisal"
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      "evidence": [
        "Fiske et al. 2017 (kama muta)"
      ],
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        "appraisal",
        "social"
      ],
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      "id": "appraisal.coping_potential_low",
      "name": "Low Coping Potential",
      "category": "appraisal",
      "subcategory": "appraisal_type",
      "definition": "Evaluation that one lacks resources to deal with a demand.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Lazarus & Folkman 1984",
        "Scherer 2001"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "appraisal.coping_potential_high",
      "name": "High Coping Potential",
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      "definition": "Evaluation that one has resources to deal with a demand.",
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        "cat.appraisal"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Lazarus & Folkman 1984",
        "Scherer 2001"
      ],
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        "appraisal"
      ],
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    },
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      "id": "physio.sympathetic_arousal",
      "name": "Sympathetic Arousal",
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      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Autonomic activation (heart rate, sweating, pupil dilation) mobilizing the body.",
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        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
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      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Levenson 1992",
        "Kreibig 2010 (autonomic specificity review)"
      ],
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        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "id": "physio.parasympathetic_calm",
      "name": "Parasympathetic Calm",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Rest-and-digest autonomic state; heart-rate deceleration and relaxation.",
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        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Porges 2007 (polyvagal theory)"
      ],
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        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.fight_flight_response",
      "name": "Fight-or-Flight Response",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Acute autonomic mobilization for attack or escape.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Cannon 1915"
      ],
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        "affective_neuroscience",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.tend_befriend_response",
      "name": "Tend-and-Befriend Response",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Affiliative response to stress via caregiving and social contact (esp. females).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Taylor et al. 2000"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.startle_reflex",
      "name": "Startle Reflex",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Rapid involuntary motor response to sudden intense stimuli.",
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        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Lang et al. 1990"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.crying",
      "name": "Crying",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Tearing and sobbing, typically with sadness, grief, or being moved.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Vingerhoets 2013"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.laughing",
      "name": "Laughing",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Vocalized mirthful respiration, typical of amusement and joy.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Ruch 1993",
        "Panksepp 1998 (PLAY)"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.heart_racing",
      "name": "Heart Racing",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Perceived rapid heartbeat; prominent in fear, excitement, and anxiety.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Kreibig 2010"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.goosebumps",
      "name": "Goosebumps",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Piloerection; occurs with chills, awe, and being moved.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Benedek & Kaernbach 2011",
        "Fiske et al. 2017 (kama muta marker)"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.trembling",
      "name": "Trembling",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Involuntary shaking; occurs in intense fear, cold, or rage.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Kreibig 2010"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.flushing",
      "name": "Flushing",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Facial/blush redness; prominent in embarrassment and shame.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Keltner 1995 (embarrassment)",
        "Kreibig 2010"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.nausea",
      "name": "Nausea",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Stomach discomfort and urge to vomit; associated with disgust and distress.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Rozin et al. 2008"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.pain",
      "name": "Pain",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "The unpleasant sensory and emotional experience of actual or potential tissue damage (IASP).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "IASP definition 2020",
        "Melzack 1999"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "notes": "Pain is sensory-affective; closely linked to distress and anger.",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "physio.muscle_tension",
      "name": "Muscle Tension",
      "category": "physiological_state",
      "subcategory": "physiological_state",
      "definition": "Felt muscular tightness; associated with anger, anxiety, and stress.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.physiological_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Kreibig 2010"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.approach",
      "name": "Approach Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Moving toward a stimulus; appetitive action tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986 (action tendencies)",
        "Elliot 2006"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "phenomenology"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.avoidance",
      "name": "Avoidance Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Moving away from or preventing contact with a stimulus.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "phenomenology"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.escape",
      "name": "Escape Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Fleeing an ongoing threat.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986",
        "Bolles 1970"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.attack",
      "name": "Attack Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Aggressive action toward a target; anger's prototypical tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986",
        "Averill 1982"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.aggression",
      "name": "Aggression",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Behavior intended to harm; broader than attack, includes verbal harm.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Anderson & Bushman 2002"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.freeze",
      "name": "Freezing",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Immobility in the face of threat; fear's prototypical tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986",
        "Bolles 1970"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.affiliation",
      "name": "Affiliation Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Seeking proximity and connection with others; joy/love tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986",
        "Taylor et al. 2000"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.helping",
      "name": "Helping Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Acting to benefit another; compassion/gratitude tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Batson 2011",
        "Goetz et al. 2010"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "moral"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.withdrawal",
      "name": "Withdrawal",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Pulling back from engagement; sadness/shame tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Frijda 1986",
        "Tangney & Dearing 2002"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "phenomenology"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.hiding",
      "name": "Hiding",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Concealing oneself; shame's prototypical tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Keltner & Harker 1998",
        "Tangney & Dearing 2002"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.appeasement",
      "name": "Appeasement",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Signals of submission to reduce aggression; embarrassment/guilt tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Keltner 1995",
        "Gilbert 2000"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.submission",
      "name": "Submission Behavior",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Yielding to another's dominance.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Gilbert 2000 (social rank theory)"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "evolutionary",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.dominance_display",
      "name": "Dominance Display",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Expanding, assertive displays of status; pride/anger tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Tracy & Robins 2004 (pride display)",
        "Matsumoto & Hwang 2012"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "evolutionary"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.reparation",
      "name": "Reparation",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Making amends or apologizing; guilt's prototypical tendency.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Tangney & Dearing 2002",
        "Ketelaar & Au 2003"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "moral",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "behavior.social_sharing",
      "name": "Social Sharing",
      "category": "behavioral_tendency",
      "subcategory": "behavioral_tendency",
      "definition": "Talking about one's emotional experience with others; common after strong emotions.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.behavioral_tendency"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Rimé 2009"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.neuroticism",
      "name": "Neuroticism",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Disposition to experience negative affect and threat sensitivity (Big Five).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Costa & McCrae 1992",
        "Watson & Clark 1984"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.extraversion",
      "name": "Extraversion",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Disposition to positive affect, sociability, and approach (Big Five).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Costa & McCrae 1992",
        "Watson & Clark 1997"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.openness",
      "name": "Openness to Experience",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Disposition to aesthetic sensitivity, curiosity, and emotional complexity.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Costa & McCrae 1992"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.conscientiousness",
      "name": "Conscientiousness",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Disposition to self-control, order, and goal persistence.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Costa & McCrae 1992"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.agreeableness",
      "name": "Agreeableness",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Disposition to warmth, trust, and prosociality.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Costa & McCrae 1992"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional",
        "social"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.positive_affectivity",
      "name": "Positive Affectivity",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Dispositional tendency to experience positive emotions and engagement.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Watson et al. 1988",
        "Tellegen 1985"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.negative_affectivity",
      "name": "Negative Affectivity",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Dispositional tendency to experience negative emotions and distress.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Watson et al. 1988",
        "Tellegen 1985"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.trait_anxiety",
      "name": "Trait Anxiety",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Dispositional proneness to anxiety across situations.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Spielberger 1983"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.trait_anger",
      "name": "Trait Anger",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Dispositional proneness to anger.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Spielberger 1983 (STAXI)"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.dispositional_optimism",
      "name": "Dispositional Optimism",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Generalized positive expectation about future outcomes.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Scheier & Carver 1985"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "positive_psychology",
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.behavioral_inhibition_system",
      "name": "Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS)",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Neural-behavioral system sensitive to punishment and threat, promoting avoidance and anxiety.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Gray 1982",
        "Carver & White 1994"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.behavioral_activation_system",
      "name": "Behavioral Activation System (BAS)",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Neural-behavioral system sensitive to reward, promoting approach and positive affect.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Gray 1982",
        "Carver & White 1994"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.emotional_granularity",
      "name": "Emotional Granularity",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "The ability to make fine-grained distinctions among one's emotional states.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait",
        "cat.meta_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Barrett et al. 2001",
        "Kashdan et al. 2015"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "constructionist",
        "positive_psychology"
      ],
      "notes": "Also called emotion differentiation; linked to better emotion regulation.",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "trait.alexithymia",
      "name": "Alexithymia (trait)",
      "category": "trait",
      "subcategory": "affective_trait",
      "definition": "Difficulty identifying and describing one's own feelings; a dispositional deficit, not an emotion.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.trait"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Sifneos 1973",
        "Taylor et al. 1997"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "clinical"
      ],
      "notes": "Included because it modulates the whole ontology's subject matter; not itself a feeling.",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "mental.absorption",
      "name": "Absorption",
      "category": "mental_state",
      "subcategory": "mental_state",
      "definition": "Deep immersive attention that narrows awareness to a stimulus or activity.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.mental_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "near_synonyms": [
        "emotion.entrancement"
      ],
      "evidence": [
        "Tellegen & Atkinson 1974",
        "Csikszentmihalyi 1990"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "phenomenology",
        "positive_psychology"
      ],
      "duration": "minutes_hours",
      "object_directedness": "object_directed",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "mental.mind_wandering",
      "name": "Mind Wandering",
      "category": "mental_state",
      "subcategory": "mental_state",
      "definition": "Spontaneous task-unrelated thought; often affectively valenced (e.g., rumination, daydreaming).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.mental_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Smallwood & Schooler 2015",
        "Killingsworth & Gilbert 2010"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "phenomenology"
      ],
      "duration": "minutes_hours",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "mental.rumination",
      "name": "Rumination",
      "category": "mental_state",
      "subcategory": "mental_state",
      "definition": "Repetitive, passive focus on negative feelings and their causes and consequences.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.mental_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Nolen-Hoeksema 1991",
        "Nolen-Hoeksema et al. 2008"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "clinical",
        "emotion_regulation"
      ],
      "duration": "minutes_hours",
      "object_directedness": "variable",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "mental.alertness",
      "name": "Alertness",
      "category": "mental_state",
      "subcategory": "mental_state",
      "definition": "Heightened attentional readiness to the environment.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.mental_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Posner & Petersen 1990"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "duration": "minutes_hours",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "mental.vigilance",
      "name": "Vigilance",
      "category": "mental_state",
      "subcategory": "mental_state",
      "definition": "Sustained watchfulness for potential threats; anxiety-related.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.mental_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "synonyms": [
        "Hypervigilance (intense)"
      ],
      "evidence": [
        "Eysenck et al. 2007 (attentional bias in anxiety)"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "duration": "minutes_hours",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "mental.attentional_focus",
      "name": "Attentional Focus",
      "category": "mental_state",
      "subcategory": "mental_state",
      "definition": "The concentration of attention on a task or object.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.mental_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Posner & Petersen 1990"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "affective_neuroscience"
      ],
      "duration": "seconds_minutes",
      "object_directedness": "object_directed",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "meta.ambivalence",
      "name": "Ambivalence",
      "category": "meta_state",
      "subcategory": "meta_state",
      "definition": "Simultaneously holding positive and negative evaluations or feelings toward the same object.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.meta_state",
        "grp.mixed_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "synonyms": [
        "Mixed feelings (object-focused)"
      ],
      "evidence": [
        "Priester & Petty 1996",
        "van Harreveld et al. 2015"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "social",
        "dimensional"
      ],
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "object_directed",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "meta.mixed_feelings",
      "name": "Mixed Feelings",
      "category": "meta_state",
      "subcategory": "meta_state",
      "definition": "The co-occurrence of positive and negative affect within an episode (Larsen et al.).",
      "parents": [
        "cat.meta_state",
        "grp.mixed_emotion"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "synonyms": [
        "Emotional blending"
      ],
      "evidence": [
        "Larsen et al. 2001",
        "Berrios et al. 2015"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "dimensional",
        "phenomenology"
      ],
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "variable",
      "notes": "Empirically supported by bittersweet-film and meaningful-ending studies; central to concurrency modeling.",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "meta.emotional_clarity",
      "name": "Emotional Clarity",
      "category": "meta_state",
      "subcategory": "meta_state",
      "definition": "The felt clarity of one's own emotional state; low clarity is characteristic of alexithymia.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.meta_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "medium",
      "evidence_status": "plausible_theoretical",
      "evidence": [
        "Salovey & Mayer 1990",
        "Gohm & Clore 2000"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "emotion_regulation",
        "clinical"
      ],
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "children": []
    },
    {
      "id": "meta.emotion_regulation",
      "name": "Emotion Regulation",
      "category": "meta_state",
      "subcategory": "meta_state",
      "definition": "Processes by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when, and how they are experienced and expressed.",
      "parents": [
        "cat.meta_state"
      ],
      "confidence": "high",
      "evidence_status": "empirically_established",
      "evidence": [
        "Gross 1998",
        "Gross 2015"
      ],
      "theoretical_frameworks": [
        "emotion_regulation"
      ],
      "duration": "variable",
      "object_directedness": "diffuse",
      "notes": "A process construct, not a state; anchors regulatory edges (reappraisal, suppression, distraction).",
      "children": []
    }
  ]
}