Still under stress? Post pandemic change in the relationship of affective dimensions of words
Апстракт
During the last two years, we witnessed the coronavirus pandemic and its impact over the
mental health (e.g. Damnjanović et al., 2020; Rudroff et al., 2020). Previous research showed
that emotional valence (EV) and arousal (A) ratings change under suspense (Delatorre et al.,
2019), while Planchuelo et al. (2020) recorded lower A estimates during the COVID-19
lockdown. Having this in mind, we assumed that isolation due to quarantine would change how
we emotionally experience words and that the EV and A estimates from post COVID-19 period
should be similar to those collected in 2018. To answer this hypothesis, we compared the EV
and A estimates collected during 2018 (the first wave), with the new ratings collected at the
beginning of the pandemic in 2020 (the second wave) and in the summer of 2022 (the third
wave). In the first and second wave, participants were psychology students (N1 = 40, N2 = 42;
Dage = 19, ~90% women); in the third wave, participants were accessed via soci...al networks (N3
= 100; Mage= 41.7±8, 86% women). The number of words presented to participants varied
across three data collection waves (N1 = 2100, N2 =8 02, N3 = 882). For EV, extremes of the
bipolar scale represented negative (1) and positive (7) words. Arousal was rated on a unipolar
scale, where low extreme represented words low in arousal and high extreme highly arousing
words. The middle point (4) represented neutral words in both scales. The EV and A estimates
from the second and third waves showed high correlations with those collected during 2018
(the first and second wave correlations: rEV(800) = .93; .90, p < .001; rA(800) = .76; .70, p <
.001). The EV is a more stable indicator of the emotional experience of words, compared to
the A, which was in accordance with previous normative studies. A new finding concerns a
relationship between EV and A estimates usually described via a quadratic or U-function
(Bradley & Lang, 1999), indicating that negative and positive words excite us more, while we
are indifferent to neutral words. Such a relationship was recorded in the first wave (r(800) = -
.29, p < .001) but not during the second and third waves. The relationship became nearly linear
(r = - .55, p < .001) in the second wave and perfectly linear in the third (r = -.77, p<.001). Our
results revealed that our participants became more sensitive to the negative content and less
sensitive to the positive content. This pattern could be linked to reduced resilience and may
represent a mental health risk.
Кључне речи:
emotional valence / arousal / covid-19 / ratings / correlationИзвор:
Book of Abstracts, XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, March 31-April 2, 2023, 39-Издавач:
- Institute for Psychology and Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, grant: “Humans and Society in Times of Crisis”
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Popović Stijačić, Milica AU - Mišić, Ksenija AU - Filipović Đurđević, Dušica PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5126 AB - During the last two years, we witnessed the coronavirus pandemic and its impact over the mental health (e.g. Damnjanović et al., 2020; Rudroff et al., 2020). Previous research showed that emotional valence (EV) and arousal (A) ratings change under suspense (Delatorre et al., 2019), while Planchuelo et al. (2020) recorded lower A estimates during the COVID-19 lockdown. Having this in mind, we assumed that isolation due to quarantine would change how we emotionally experience words and that the EV and A estimates from post COVID-19 period should be similar to those collected in 2018. To answer this hypothesis, we compared the EV and A estimates collected during 2018 (the first wave), with the new ratings collected at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 (the second wave) and in the summer of 2022 (the third wave). In the first and second wave, participants were psychology students (N1 = 40, N2 = 42; Dage = 19, ~90% women); in the third wave, participants were accessed via social networks (N3 = 100; Mage= 41.7±8, 86% women). The number of words presented to participants varied across three data collection waves (N1 = 2100, N2 =8 02, N3 = 882). For EV, extremes of the bipolar scale represented negative (1) and positive (7) words. Arousal was rated on a unipolar scale, where low extreme represented words low in arousal and high extreme highly arousing words. The middle point (4) represented neutral words in both scales. The EV and A estimates from the second and third waves showed high correlations with those collected during 2018 (the first and second wave correlations: rEV(800) = .93; .90, p < .001; rA(800) = .76; .70, p < .001). The EV is a more stable indicator of the emotional experience of words, compared to the A, which was in accordance with previous normative studies. A new finding concerns a relationship between EV and A estimates usually described via a quadratic or U-function (Bradley & Lang, 1999), indicating that negative and positive words excite us more, while we are indifferent to neutral words. Such a relationship was recorded in the first wave (r(800) = - .29, p < .001) but not during the second and third waves. The relationship became nearly linear (r = - .55, p < .001) in the second wave and perfectly linear in the third (r = -.77, p<.001). Our results revealed that our participants became more sensitive to the negative content and less sensitive to the positive content. This pattern could be linked to reduced resilience and may represent a mental health risk. PB - Institute for Psychology and Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade C3 - Book of Abstracts, XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, March 31-April 2 T1 - Still under stress? Post pandemic change in the relationship of affective dimensions of words SP - 39 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5126 ER -
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Popović Stijačić, M., Mišić, K.,& Filipović Đurđević, D.. (2023). Still under stress? Post pandemic change in the relationship of affective dimensions of words. in Book of Abstracts, XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, March 31-April 2 Institute for Psychology and Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade., 39. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5126
Popović Stijačić M, Mišić K, Filipović Đurđević D. Still under stress? Post pandemic change in the relationship of affective dimensions of words. in Book of Abstracts, XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, March 31-April 2. 2023;:39. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5126 .
Popović Stijačić, Milica, Mišić, Ksenija, Filipović Đurđević, Dušica, "Still under stress? Post pandemic change in the relationship of affective dimensions of words" in Book of Abstracts, XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, March 31-April 2 (2023):39, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5126 .