Psychiatry and Psychology

Expressed Emotion

A measurement of collective behavior and attitudes that exist towards a specific person—a measurement of the social environment or social relationships of an individual.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A measurement of collective behavior and attitudes that exist towards a specific person—a measurement of the social environment or social relationships of an individual.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Emotion, Expressed
  • Emotions, Expressed
  • Expressed Emotions

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

negative emotions like anger & hostility: coord IM with specific emotion (IM) if relevant

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History Note

97

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Previous Indexing

  • Emotions (1966-1996)

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  1. F01.829w.197w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Expressed Emotion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019260. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019260
  2. Expressed Emotion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressed_emotion
  3. Expressed Emotion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523747