This title represents a social psychological approach to the study of emotion. The contributors present empirical data using the "time sampling" or "experience sampling" technique developed by Brandst Atter.

Klaus R. Scherer: Foreword Contributors Part I Emotions in Perspective: The Ecological Approach 1: Hermann Brandstatter and Andrezej Eliasz: Persons' Emotional Responses to Situations 2: Hermann Brandstatter: Time Sampling Diary: an Ecological Approach to the Study of Emotions in Everyday Life Situations Part II Temperament and Emotions : Focus on Congruence 3: Andrzej Eliasz: Temperament, Type A, and Motives: A Time Sampling Study 4: Madgalena Marzal-Wisniewska: Self-Regulatory Abilities, Temperament, and Volition in Everyday Life Situations 5: Anna Zalewska and Hermann Brandstatter: Value-Motive Congruences and Reactivity as Determinants of Well-Being 6: Tabitha Klonowicz: Personal Resources and Organizational Well-Being Part III Experiencing Work, Family Life, and Unemployment 7: Alois Farthofer and Hermann Brandstatter: Extraversion and Optimal Level of Arousal in High-Risk Work 8: Jozef Dzuka: Time Sampling of Unemployment Experiences by Slovak Youth 9: Christa Rodler and Erich Kirshler: Everyday Life of Commuters' Wives Part IV Well-Being during an International Summer School 10: Tiziana Mancini and Paola Bastianoni: Correspondence Analysis of Everyday Life Experiences 11: Gyongyi Kiss et al: Freedom as Moderator of the Personality-Mood Relationship Index