Rating of the Valence of Twenty Negatives Images From Iaps by a Sample of Moroccan Nurse Students

Abstract

This study aims to rate twenty negative images from IAPS among a sample nurse students. We compare the mean valences between males and females and between participants from the final semester and participants from the first semester. The comparison of the mean valences values between the current study and the norm mean valence values from IAPS was established. null We tested 100 students from Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technics of Health, Rabat, Morocco, were recruited. The panel valence from SAM was cued to evaluate the perceived pleasure and unpleased degree after exposing the different images from IAPS to the participants. The displeasure degree among nurse students from final semester is lower than that of the first semester with a significant difference in sixteen images. Regarding the difference between males and females, the significant difference was observed only in five images. The all images evaluated by participant were perceived as negative (valence <4). Regarding the comparison of the mean valences values between a the current study and the norm mean valence values from IAPS significant differences were observed. Nurse students from the final semester, compared to the first semester students, perceived the negative images assessed as less unpleasant. However, we noted that the all images have kept the negative aspect. These results show that these images can be used as a negative emotional stimulus among this population.

A Systematic Review of International Affective Picture System (IAPS) around the World

“…A boomerang shape distribution was found. In the second study from 2020 [91], final-semester and first-semester nursery students rated negative pictures. Results demonstrate that final-semester students rated the negative pictures as less unpleasant compared to first-semester student ratings.…”

“…Both studies by Bandadi et al [91,92] examine nursing students. The [92] study explores the effect of clinical traineeship on emotional dimensions.…”