Key result
Six hypothesized mood profiles (iceberg, inverse Everest, inverse iceberg, shark fin, submerged, and surface) were clearly identified in a Singaporean population, supporting their cross-cultural generalizability.
Why the study?
Previous research identified novel mood profiles predominantly in Western English-speaking populations, but whether six hypothesized mood clusters were evident in sport and non-sport participants in Singapore remained uninvestigated.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,444)
The study supports the cross-cultural generalizability of six mood profiles in an English-speaking population in Singapore.
Mood profile variations by demographics and sport should not yet change practice; extends six-profile model cross-culturally but leaves causal links open for longitudinal trials.
Mood profiling is a popular method of quantifying and classifying feeling states. Previous research has identified several novel mood profiles in predominantly Western English-speaking populations (Parsons-Smith et al., 2017), and replicated the findings in the domain of sport and exercise (Quartiroli et al., 2018; Terry and Parsons-Smith, 2019). The aim of the current study was to investigate if six hypothesized clusters of mood responses were evident in a population of English-speaking sport and non-sport participants in Singapore. A seeded k-means cluster analysis was applied to the mood responses of 1,444 participants (991 male, 440 female, 13 unspecified; aged 18-65 years) who completed the Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS; Terry et al., 1999, 2003a). The six hypothesized mood profiles (i.e., iceberg, inverse Everest, inverse iceberg, shark fin, submerged, and surface profiles) were identified clearly. Chi-squared analyses showed unequal distribution of the profiles by gender, age group, ethnicity, education level, and sport participation. Findings support the cross-cultural generalizability of the six mood profiles in English-speaking sport and non-sport samples in Singapore and contribute to investigation into the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of each mood profile.
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Han et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Mood profiling (n=1,444). Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) was evaluated on Identification of six hypothesized mood profile clusters. Six hypothesized mood profiles (iceberg, inverse Everest, inverse iceberg, shark fin, submerged, and surface) were clearly identified in a Singaporean population, supporting their cross-cultural generalizability.
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