Emotional Distress
Dimension 36 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Emotional Distress measures the presence and intensity of upsetting emotional experience, including sadness, negativity, overwhelm, intrusive emotional reactions, and difficulty managing feelings. It encompasses both the felt strength of distress and the extent to which those feelings disrupt attention, functioning, or coping.
evidence final name · Criterion Negative Alterations
Minimal Emotional Distress
Expressions activating this band show little to no sustained upsetting emotion, with feelings described as manageable, incidental, mixed, or framed in general evaluative terms rather than as active distress.
Mild Emotional Distress
Expressions activating this band describe noticeable negative feelings such as sadness, upset, or emotional strain that are present and sometimes interfere, while remaining reflectively described and still subject to deliberate regulation or avoidance.
High Emotional Distress
Expressions activating this band describe strong, recurrent, or overwhelming negative feelings, often tied to reminders, self-directed negativity, or persistent emotional activation that is hard to control.
Severe Emotional Distress
Expressions activating this band describe intensely negative and destabilizing feelings that can escalate after salient events and become so strong that they disrupt awareness, concentration, or contact with what is happening.
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Minimal Criterion Negative Alterations: Expressions show no meaningful criterion negative alterations content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to criterion negative alterations.
Moderate Criterion Negative Alterations: Criterion negative alterations is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. This is the first band where criterion negative alterations becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect criterion negative alterations at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Intense Criterion Negative Alterations: Criterion negative alterations is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Unlike the band below, where criterion negative alterations was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from criterion negative alterations.
Peak Criterion Negative Alterations: Criterion negative alterations is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where criterion negative alterations was characterized by direct functional disruption, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse criterion negative alterations.