The core premise of cognitive appraisal theories of emotion is that emotions are produced from our interpretation of what we experience. Compared to other major theoretical frameworks in emotion, the appraisal perspective emphasizes the centrality of these cognitive interpretations in giving rise to emotions. Decades of research have yielded numerous studies that broadly agree on the centrality of the appraisal process, but differ in the details, with different lists of appraisal dimensions, terminology, and only qualitative predictions for the relationship between select appraisals and emotions. Despite hundreds of published empirical studies, the field still lacks a systematic, quantitative meta-analysis that can establish support for the detailed relationships between appraisals and emotions. Here, we conducted a mixed-effects meta-analysis of 2,634 effect sizes from 309 studies across 251 reports, covering 47 distinct appraisals and 63 emotions, to assess the evidence for 853 specific appraisal-emotion relationships. We find that 75.0% of previously hypothesized relationships between appraisals and emotions were statistically significant, with an average moderate-to-large effect size (mean r = .33). We also highlight many previously unpredicted relationships, with an average small-to-moderate effect size (mean r = .27), which can form the basis for future confirmatory studies and theory refinement. As a summary, we provide a taxonomy of appraisal dimensions, as well as appraisal profiles of these emotions, which could be useful to affective scientists, clinical psychologists, and applied behavioral researchers. Taken together, this review documents the state of knowledge in the field and generates new hypotheses for future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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认知评价与情绪之间的关联：荟萃分析综述。


情绪认知评价理论的核心前提是，情绪是由我们对所经历的事物的解释产生的。与情感中的其他主要理论框架相比，评价视角强调这些认知解释在产生情感中的核心地位。几十年的研究产生了许多研究，这些研究广泛同意评估过程的中心地位，但在细节上有所不同，评估维度、术语列表不同，并且只对选择性评估和情绪之间的关系进行定性预测。尽管发表了数百项实证研究，但该领域仍然缺乏系统的定量荟萃分析，无法为评价和情绪之间的详细关系提供支持。在这里，我们对 251 份报告中 309 项研究的 2,634 个效应大小进行了混合效应荟萃分析，涵盖 47 种不同的评估和 63 种情绪，以评估 853 种特定评价-情绪关系的证据。我们发现，75.0% 的先前假设的评价和情绪之间的关系具有统计学意义，平均效应量为中到大（平均值 r = .33）。我们还强调了许多以前未预测的关系，平均具有中小效应量 （平均值 r = .27），这可以构成未来验证研究和理论改进的基础。作为总结，我们提供了评估维度的分类法，以及这些情绪的评估概况，这可能对情感科学家、临床心理学家和应用行为研究人员有用。综上所述，这篇综述记录了该领域的知识状况，并为未来的研究提出了新的假设。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。