Identification and description of novel mood profile clusters

Renee L Parsons-Smith; Peter C Terry; M Anthony Machin

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01958

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Identification and description of novel mood profile clusters

Renee L Parsons-Smith, Peter C Terry and M Anthony Machin

Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.8, 1958

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01958

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Psychology

Cognitive Sciences

affect

BRUMS

emotion

mood profiling

online assessment

Mood profiling has been a popular assessment strategy since the 1970s, although little evidence exists of distinct mood profiles beyond the realm of sport and exercise. In the present study, we investigated clusters of mood profiles derived from the six subscales of the Brunel Mood Scale using the In The Mood website. Mood responses in three samples (n = 2,364, n = 2,303, n = 1,865) were analyzed using agglomerative, hierarchical cluster analysis, which distinguished six distinct and theoretically meaningful profiles. K-means clustering further refined the final parameter solution. Mood profiles identified were termed the iceberg, inverse iceberg, inverse Everest, shark fin, surface, and submerged profiles. Simultaneous multiple discriminant function analysis showed that cluster membership was correctly classified with a high degree of accuracy. Chi-squared tests indicated that the six mood profiles were unequally distributed according to the gender, age, and education of participants. Future research should investigate the antecedents, correlates and consequences of these six mood profile clusters.

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Title: Identification and description of novel mood profile clusters
Authors: Renee L Parsons-Smith (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Peter C Terry (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
M Anthony Machin (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Publication details: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol.8, 1958; 13
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01958
ISSN: 1664-1078
Copyright note: Copyright © 2017 Parsons-Smith, Terry and Machin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451342002621
Output Type: Journal article

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