Aggregated state emotions converge substantially but imperfectly with self-reported trait emotions, with averaged correlations ranging from r = 0.391 (shame) to r = 0.608 (boredom)¶
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q3 i3 Across three waves, person-aggregated state emotions correlated substantially but well below perfectly with self-reported trait emotions for all six discrete emotions, with shame lowest (r = 0.391) and boredom highest (r = 0.608). → Keller 2025
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Keller 2025¶
Keller, M. M., Yanagida, T., Lüdtke, O., & Goetz, T. (2025). How Similar Are Students' Aggregated State Emotions to Their Self-Reported Trait Emotions? Results from a Measurement Burst Design Across Three School Years. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-09995-1
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Longitudinal measurement burst study of N = 161 students followed from grade 9 to 11; bivariate person-level correlations of aggregated states with traits per emotion and wave, Fisher-z averaged across waves. The study reports "for boredom r = 0.608" and shame r = 0.391, all correlations statistically significant at p = 0.05.
"The across-waves averaged correlations between aggregated states and self-reported traits for enjoyment were r = 0.424, for anger r = 0.488, for pride r = 0.520, for anxiety r = 0.535, for shame r = 0.391, and for boredom r = 0.608."
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Related Claims¶
- Most variance in students' momentary classroom emotions lies at the within-person level, yet person-aggregated state measures are fairly reliable (ICC(2) from 0.735 to 0.901) — related
- Long-term stability of aggregated state emotions does not significantly differ from that of self-reported trait emotions over one- and two-year spans — related
- Self-reported trait emotions were rated significantly higher than aggregated states for some emotions and timepoints (anger, pride, shame, boredom), but the memory-experience gap did not hold uniformly and anxiety showed the reverse descriptive pattern — related
- Aggregated state emotions show no superior incremental predictive validity over self-reported traits for academic outcomes; traits corrected for states were only systematically correlated with criteria for enjoyment and somewhat for pride — related
- Students report statistically significant levels of boredom during mathematics tests, for both trait and state measures — related
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Aggregated state emotions converge substantially but imperfectly with self-reported trait emotions, with averaged correlations ranging from r = 0.391 (shame) to r = 0.608 (boredom) |
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Aggregated state emotions converge substantially but imperfectly with self-reported trait emotions, with averaged correlations ranging from r = 0.391 (shame) to r = 0.608 (boredom) |
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