Dynamics of Epistemic Emotion Themes in Six Episodes of Physics Learning
Temporal networks of six participants display emergent, convergent, and divergent themes based on idiographic-cross-participant IPA.
PARTICIPANT XI-4-09
Confusion–Effort Cycle with Affective Coexistence
Convergent
Academic Anxiety
Learning Resilience
Social Support
Emotion Fluctuation & Coexistence
Self-Awareness
Divergent
Gradual Academic Adaptation
Configuration: confusion recurs and transforms into adaptive strategies, then coexists with positive emotions and metacognitive awareness.
PARTICIPANT XI-4-10
Stable Enthusiasm with Difficulty–Regulation Fluctuation
Convergent
Academic Anxiety
Learning Resilience
Social Support
Emotion Fluctuation & Coexistence
Self-Awareness
Divergent
Stable Longitudinal Enthusiasm
Configuration: enthusiasm is a relatively stable longitudinal node, interacting with difficulty, anxiety, and self-regulation.
PARTICIPANT XI-4-13
Intense Enthusiasm with Existential Reflection
Convergent
Academic Anxiety
Learning Resilience
Social Support
Emotion Fluctuation & Coexistence
Self-Awareness
Divergent
Existential Reflection
Configuration: curiosity forms a strong longitudinal node; confusion and difficulty become part of the reflective process.
PARTICIPANT XI-4-20
Cognitive Load with Social Strategy and Ambivalence
Convergent
Academic Anxiety
Learning Resilience
Social Support
Emotion Fluctuation & Coexistence
Self-Awareness
Divergent
Critical Thinking as Identity
Configuration: cognitive load fluctuates; social strategies serve as regulation, while the final context reintroduces pressure.
PARTICIPANT XI-4-21
Contextual Responsiveness with Shifting Emotion Sources
Convergent
Academic Anxiety
Learning Resilience
Social Support
Emotion Fluctuation & Coexistence
Self-Awareness
Divergent
AI Assessment Resistance
Configuration: emotion sources shift from system resistance to concept clarity, practice, social interaction, and adaptive stability.
PARTICIPANT XI-4-22
Anxiety–Resilience Dialogue with Reflective Awareness
Convergent
Academic Anxiety
Learning Resilience
Social Support
Emotion Fluctuation & Coexistence
Self-Awareness
Divergent
Literacy & Emotion Regulation Reflection
Configuration: anxiety is not linearly eliminated but dialogues with resilience; eventually anxiety coexists with curiosity, effort, joy, and reflection.
Black = dominant theme
White = emergent theme
Solid = linkage/recurrence
Dashed = feedback/coexistence
Arrow = interpretive direction
Dashed circle = residual
Vertical = episode boundary
Gray = episode configuration (coexistence)
ConvergentBlack = cross-participant theme
DivergentDashed gray = idiographic/divergent theme
Interpretive notes on epistemic emotion dynamics
- The network is not a deterministic causal sequence but a visual representation of emotional experience configurations emerging temporally in reflection.
- Cross-episode lines indicate recurring or interpretively continuous themes.
- Dashed lines show feedback, coexistence, or non-linear relationships.
- Coexistence of positive and negative emotions is retained when both are present in the same episode.
- Node size indicates relative visual emphasis, not quantitative frequency.
- Absence of lines does not mean absence of emotional experience; relationships are shown only when interpretive basis is available.