Primary emotions in patients after myocardial infarction

摘要: Aims. This paper reports a study testing the reliability and validity of Emotion Health Scale to check convergent discriminant against Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale. Background. Reactions illness are often measured in narrow terms anxiety depression. Primary emotions claimed by functionalist school psychology be adaptive produce specific behaviours for survival. The theory requires context health threat adaptation. is concerned with development 24-item self-assessment scale eight primary emotions. Methods. A healthy cohort 150 university students was enrolled complete Scale. 80 first-time myocardial infarction patients four days after onset or when symptoms were controlled. data collected 2002. Results. shown have acceptable internal consistency. Significant differences observed between cohorts attributed sadness, anger, disgust surprise. Healthy men had significantly more fear than women. Conclusions. valid reliable instrument that could used emotion illness. line enquiry may improve understanding reactions role exert on adaptation change.