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Affective Profiles Model

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Synonyms

Affective personalities; Affective temperaments; Person-oriented model of the affective system

Definition

The affective profiles model (Norlander et al. 2002) is a person-oriented model of the affectivity system (Garcia 2011). Since the affectivity system is a complex dynamic system, it needs to be seen as a whole-system unit that is best studied by analyzing four profiles: self-fulfilling (high positive affect, low negative affect), low affective (low positive affect, low negative affect), high affective (high positive affect, high negative affect), and self-destructive (low positive affect, high negative affect). During the past 15 years, an increasing number of studies have used this person-oriented model as the backdrop for the investigation of between and within individual differences in different biological, psychological, and social constructs (Cloninger and Garcia 2015).

Introduction

The affectivity system is composed of positive affect and negative affect, which are...

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Dedicated to Professor Trevor Archer at the Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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  1. Blekinge Center of Competence, Blekinge County Council, Karlskrona, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  3. Network for Empowerment and Well-Being, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  4. Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Danilo Garcia

  5. Anthropedia Foundation, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Danilo Garcia

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Garcia, D. (2018). Affective Profiles Model. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2303-1

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