Post-Failure Affect Recovery
A rapid affective recovery in which a user's negative reaction following a unsuccessful attempt subsides quickly and the user re-engages with the task within an AI-assisted session.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence is coded when a turn expressing negative affect after a unsuccessful attempt is followed within a short window (e.g., the next 1-2 user turns) by a turn showing neutral or positive affect and renewed task engagement. The recovery turn is the countable marker; recovery time (turns or seconds) is recorded.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Affect-trajectory coding: trained coders rate per-turn affect valence (negative/neutral/positive) around failure events; recovery would be operationalised as return to non-negative valence; report median recovery latency and event count; inter-rater reliability via weighted Cohen's kappa.