“How Do You Feel?” Direct Valence Measurement Enables the Detection of Affect Shift Dynamics as Powerful Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

Carmen Goicoechea; Pandelis Perakakis

doi:10.1007/s42761-026-00382-9

“How Do You Feel?” Direct Valence Measurement Enables the Detection of Affect Shift Dynamics as Powerful Predictors of Psychological Well-Being

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Carmen Goicoechea

Pandelis Perakakis

Published

January 1, 2026

Author-accepted manuscript, self-archived on this server. The version of record is published in Affective Science.

We replicate and extend our previous findings, providing robust evidence that how individuals move between affective states may be more diagnostic of psychological functioning than the typical intensity or variability of those states.

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@article{goicoechea2026,
  author = {Goicoechea, Carmen and Perakakis, Pandelis},
  title = {“{How} {Do} {You} {Feel?}” {Direct} {Valence} {Measurement}
    {Enables} the {Detection} of {Affect} {Shift} {Dynamics} as
    {Powerful} {Predictors} of {Psychological} {Well-Being}},
  journal = {Affective Science},
  date = {2026},
  url = {https://pandelisperakakis.info/research/affect-dynamics/papers/valence-direct-measurement.html},
  doi = {10.1007/s42761-026-00382-9},
  langid = {en}
}

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Goicoechea, Carmen, and Pandelis Perakakis. 2026. “‘How Do You Feel?’ Direct Valence Measurement Enables the Detection of Affect Shift Dynamics as Powerful Predictors of Psychological Well-Being.” Affective Science, accepted. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-026-00382-9.