capture the lion’s share of variance.

capture the lion’s share of variance.
Finally,one purpose of our review is to compare dimensional and
discrete perspectives of emotional responding.In the domain of self-
reported emotional states,it is quite clear that dimensions such as valence
and arousal (Russell & Barrett,1999) or tendencies toward approach and
avoidance (Watson et al.,1999) capture the lion’s share of variance.Indeed,
the dimensional nature of self-reported emotional responses is so sub-
stantial that it has been suggested that the dimensional correlates of self-
reported emotion be examined first before there is any legitimate claim to
emotion specificity (Watson,2000).