A reader-facing cluster for sadness, nostalgia, loneliness, disappointment, grief, and withdrawal-oriented affect.
Core Principle
Loss & Withdrawal supports reading semantic profiles often associated with loss appraisal, separation, reduced activation, or withdrawal.
Included Affects
- Sadness
- Nostalgia
- Boredom
- Loneliness*
- Disappointment*
- Grief*
Reader Interpretation
- Sadness and Nostalgia may share loss, while Nostalgia can also include positive valence, familiarity, or connection.
- Grief* is neither a single value nor a fixed duration.
Limits
- This region is not a clinical diagnostic category.
- Boredom and Grief* sharing a region does not imply equivalent intensity or meaning.
Example
When leaving a long-term home, Sadness, Nostalgia, and Loneliness* may overlap; IAGA separates them through memory, relationship, gain/loss, and temporal records.