GLOSSARY
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Narrative Identity
A person’s internalized and evolving life story, integrating the reconstructed past and imagined future to provide life with some degree of unity and purpose.
Negative Affectivity (NA; Neuroticism)
Susceptibility to negative affect. Individuals high on trait neuroticism, relative to those low on trait neuroticism, are more likely to have an aversive motivation system that appears to inhibit behaviour through negative affect. As such, (...)
Negative Emotions (Unpleasant Emotions)
The valence (subjective experience, usually in terms in attractiveness or aversiveness) of emotions that is characterized by displeasure, unpleasantness and motivates avoidance-type behaviours
Nikhedonia
The excitement or pleasure that comes from anticipating victory or success.
Nonverbal Behaviour
Actions distinct from speech, which may include facial expressions, hand and arm gestures, postures, positions, and various movements of the body or the legs and feet.
Nonverbal Communication
Certain non-language behaviors, such as voice quality (paralanguage), body motion, touch, and use of personal space (proxemics), appear to play a prominent role in communication.
Nostalgia
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past that is a predominantly positive and social emotion. Nostalgic experiences typically feature the self as a protagonist in interactions with close others or in momentous events.
