Where the U shape gone? Post covid change in the relationship of emotional valence and arousal of words
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A few studies explored the influence of situational factors on the Emotional valence (EV) and
Arousal (A) of words. Dellatorre et al. (2019) showed that participants were less aroused by
positively valenced words under suspense, while Plahchuelo et al. (2020) recorded lower A
estimates during the COVID-19 lockdown. To test the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic,
we compared the EV and A estimates of Serbian words collected during 2018 (the 1st point)
with the new ratings collected at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 (the 2nd point) and in
the summer of 2022 (the 3rd point).
In the 1st and 2nd measurements, participants were different groups of psychology students
(N1=40, N2=42; Dage= 19, ~90% women); in the 3rd measurement, 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=802,
N3=882). For EV, extremes of the bipolar scale represented nega...tive (1) and positive (7)
words. A was rated on a unipolar scale (low extreme represented words low in A).
The EV and A estimates from the 2nd and 3rd waves showed high correlations with those
collected during 2018 (the 1st and 2nd wave correlations: rEV(800)=.93; .90, p<.001;
rA(800)=.76;.70, p<.001). A new finding concerns a relationship between EV and A estimates
usually described via a quadratic or U-function. Such a relationship was recorded in the 1st
wave (r(800)=-.29, p<.001) but not during the 2nd and 3rd waves. The relationship became
nearly linear (r=-.55, p<.001) in the 2nd wave and perfectly linear in the 3rd (r=-.77, p<.001),
indicating that participants became more aroused by negative and less by positive words
(Figure 1). Since the linearity persisted after the pandemic, we hypothesized that people still
feel that situational circumstances are unfavorable, especially considering the Ukrainian
situation that began in the spring of 2022.
Кључне речи:
emotional valence / arousal / covid-19 / ratings / correlationИзвор:
Abstract Book, Words in the World International Conference, 2023, 132-133Финансирање / пројекти:
- eu-repo/grantAgreement/MESTD/inst-2020/200163/RS//
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Popović Stijačić, Milica AU - Mišić, Ksenija AU - Filipović Đurđević, Dušica PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5631 AB - A few studies explored the influence of situational factors on the Emotional valence (EV) and Arousal (A) of words. Dellatorre et al. (2019) showed that participants were less aroused by positively valenced words under suspense, while Plahchuelo et al. (2020) recorded lower A estimates during the COVID-19 lockdown. To test the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we compared the EV and A estimates of Serbian words collected during 2018 (the 1st point) with the new ratings collected at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 (the 2nd point) and in the summer of 2022 (the 3rd point). In the 1st and 2nd measurements, participants were different groups of psychology students (N1=40, N2=42; Dage= 19, ~90% women); in the 3rd measurement, 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=802, N3=882). For EV, extremes of the bipolar scale represented negative (1) and positive (7) words. A was rated on a unipolar scale (low extreme represented words low in A). The EV and A estimates from the 2nd and 3rd waves showed high correlations with those collected during 2018 (the 1st and 2nd wave correlations: rEV(800)=.93; .90, p<.001; rA(800)=.76;.70, p<.001). A new finding concerns a relationship between EV and A estimates usually described via a quadratic or U-function. Such a relationship was recorded in the 1st wave (r(800)=-.29, p<.001) but not during the 2nd and 3rd waves. The relationship became nearly linear (r=-.55, p<.001) in the 2nd wave and perfectly linear in the 3rd (r=-.77, p<.001), indicating that participants became more aroused by negative and less by positive words (Figure 1). Since the linearity persisted after the pandemic, we hypothesized that people still feel that situational circumstances are unfavorable, especially considering the Ukrainian situation that began in the spring of 2022. C3 - Abstract Book, Words in the World International Conference T1 - Where the U shape gone? Post covid change in the relationship of emotional valence and arousal of words EP - 133 SP - 132 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5631 ER -
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Popović Stijačić, M., Mišić, K.,& Filipović Đurđević, D.. (2023). Where the U shape gone? Post covid change in the relationship of emotional valence and arousal of words. in Abstract Book, Words in the World International Conference, 132-133. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5631
Popović Stijačić M, Mišić K, Filipović Đurđević D. Where the U shape gone? Post covid change in the relationship of emotional valence and arousal of words. in Abstract Book, Words in the World International Conference. 2023;:132-133. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5631 .
Popović Stijačić, Milica, Mišić, Ksenija, Filipović Đurđević, Dušica, "Where the U shape gone? Post covid change in the relationship of emotional valence and arousal of words" in Abstract Book, Words in the World International Conference (2023):132-133, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5631 .