Appraisals that a situation or feeling is useful.
The following variables relate to Usefulness:
| Selection | Variable | Info | Assessment type | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FFMQ_10 | Usually when I have distressing thoughts or images, I get angry that this happens to me | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_11 | Usually when I have distressing thoughts or images, I judge myself as good or bad, depending what the thought/image is about | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_4 | I believe some of my thoughts are abnormal or bad and I shouldn't think this way | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_5 | I make judgements about whether my thoughts are good or bad | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_6 | I tend to make judgements about how worthwhile or worthless my experiences are | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_7 | I tell myself I shouldn't be thinking the way I'm thinking | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_8 | I think some of my emotions are bad or inappropriate and I shouldn't feel them | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| FFMQ_9 | I disapprove of myself when I have irrational ideas | Baseline | Assessing, Understanding, and Regulating Affect (AURA) | |
| EBQ_11 | Negative emotions are harmful | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_12 | People don’t need their positive emotions | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_15 | The presence of negative emotions is a bad thing for people | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_16 | Positive emotions are harmful | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_3 | There is very little use for negative emotions | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_4 | Positive emotions are very unhelpful to people | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_7 | People don’t need their negative emotions | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| EBQ_8 | There is very little use for positive emotions | Baseline | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| USFL_NEG | In the last hour, how helpful were your negative feelings? | ESM | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| USFL_POS | In the last hour, how helpful were your positive feelings? | ESM | Goals, Emotions, Moods, and Strategies (GEMS) 2024 | |
| WEMWBS_2 | I’ve been feeling useful | Baseline | Momentary Mindfulness and Everyday Emotion 2020 | |
| WEMWBS_2 | I’ve been feeling useful | Follow_up | Momentary Mindfulness and Everyday Emotion 2020 | |
| EBQ_1 | There is very little use for negative emotions. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_2 | People don’t need their negative emotions. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_3 | Negative emotions are harmful. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_4 | Positive emotions are very unhelpful to people | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_5 | The presence of negative emotions is a bad thing for people. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_6 | There is very little use for positive emotions. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_7 | People don’t need their positive emotions. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) | |
| EBQ_8 | Positive emotions are harmful. | Baseline | Managing Affect in Uncertain Situations (MAUS) |