<p>The recently published <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour</a> is possibly what you are looking for(Mobbs, 2020).  Over 3,000 emotions are included in the analysis, a summary of which is below.  The article has a more <a href="https://ndownloader.figstatic.com/files/21216930" rel="nofollow noreferrer">comprehensive version</a>.  The five factor model was derived through factorisation whereas the atlas was developed using a lexical/network approach.</p>
<p><img src="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure/image?download&amp;size=large&amp;id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877.t003" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>References</strong></p>
<p>Mobbs AED (2020) An atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0227877. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877</a></p>
<p><strong>Declared Interest</strong></p>
<p>I am the author of the atlas paper.</p>

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2020-06-18T01:04:26.433Z
Thanks for sharing this. It does appear to meet several of the criteria.
user37344
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Tony Mobbs
<p>To the best of my understanding, the five factor model of personality comes from a factor analysis on a large list of adjectives that can be used to describe an individual's personality. It is validated, in some sense, by its usefulness in predicting behavior and life outcomes in a wide range of contexts.</p>
<p>It seems like something very similar could be done for emotion. I.e. list words describing a persons present state (angry, remorseful, sad, bitter, frustrated, etcetera) and do a factor analysis on those. Then, see if the resulting model (assuming that the analysis yields something useful) is predictive of shorter term / state dependent behavior.</p>
<p>Has any work like this been done?</p>

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Does this answer your question? [What is the most comprehensive system of describing human emotions or states of mind?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/8510/what-is-the-most-comprehensive-system-of-describing-human-emotions-or-states-of)
Bryan Krause
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@BryanKrause That's very helpful, but I don't think it fully answers the question. The use of factor analysis gives the big 5 a nice statistical foundation where you can say such and such roughly orthogonal factors explain a certain amount of variance. I was hoping for something similar here. But maybe there isn't a strong analog to the big 5?
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Is there an analog to the five factor model for emotion?
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# Is there an analog to the five factor model for emotion?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-17)

To the best of my understanding, the five factor model of personality comes from a factor analysis on a large list of adjectives that can be used to describe an individual's personality. It is validated, in some sense, by its usefulness in predicting behavior and life outcomes in a wide range of contexts.

It seems like something very similar could be done for emotion. I.e. list words describing a persons present state (angry, remorseful, sad, bitter, frustrated, etcetera) and do a factor analysis on those. Then, see if the resulting model (assuming that the analysis yields something useful) is predictive of shorter term / state dependent behavior.

Has any work like this been done?

**Tags:** emotion, statistics, big-five

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [What is the most comprehensive system of describing human emotions or states of mind?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/8510/what-is-the-most-comprehensive-system-of-describing-human-emotions-or-states-of)  
> **username_0**: @BryanKrause That's very helpful, but I don't think it fully answers the question. The use of factor analysis gives the big 5 a nice statistical foundation where you can say such and such roughly orthogonal factors explain a certain amount of variance. I was hoping for something similar here. But maybe there isn't a strong analog to the big 5?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

The recently published [Atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877) is possibly what you are looking for(Mobbs, 2020). Over 3,000 emotions are included in the analysis, a summary of which is below. The article has a more [comprehensive version](https://ndownloader.figstatic.com/files/21216930). The five factor model was derived through factorisation whereas the atlas was developed using a lexical/network approach.

![](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure/image?download&size=large&id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877.t003)

**References**

Mobbs AED (2020) An atlas of personality, emotion and behaviour. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0227877. <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227877>

**Declared Interest**

I am the author of the atlas paper.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for sharing this. It does appear to meet several of the criteria.  

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