Using Language and Affective Profiles to Investigate Differences between Individuals

Presenting affect as being composed of two systems, each one of them categorized as high and low, leads to four different combinations beyond a two-system approach. In this line of thinking, Archer et al. have theorized on four possible affective profiles based on the combination of people’s affectivity levels: self-fulfilling (highpositive affect, low negative affect); high affective (high positive affect, high negative affect); low affective (low positive affect, low negative affect); and self-destructive (low positive affect, high negative affect). 

The effective profiles model has led to a great number of studies during the past ten years that have investigated individual differences in ill-being and well-being. Nevertheless, most of these studies have used self-reports, that is, only a handful of the studies have investigated actual behavior among individuals with different profiles. In this context, individuals’ activities on the Internet (e.g., connecting to others, expressing preferences, status updates) provide excellent observable data for studying human behavior. Read More>>>>>>>>>