The evaluative space grid: A single-item measure of positivity and negativity

Larsen, Jeff T.; Norris, Catherine J.; McGraw, A. Peter; Hawkley, Louise C.; Cacioppo, John T.

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“…Caregivers rated the item on a 9-point scale ranging from 1 = not at all to 9 = very much. Single-item measures have been used to effectively assess emotional states (e.g., Larsen et al 2009;Russell et al 1989) and are suitable when repeated sampling (e.g., over 10 days) renders lengthier scales impractical.…”

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Daily Deviations in Anger, Guilt, and Sympathy: A Developmental Diary Study of Aggression

Colasante

Zuffianò

Malti

2016

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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With a diary study of 4- and 8-year-olds, we tested the association between daily deviations in anger and aggressive behavior, and whether this link was moderated by feelings of guilt and sympathy. Caregivers reported their children's anger and aggression for 10 consecutive days (470 records; N = 80, 53 % girls). To calculate daily anger deviations from average anger levels, we subtracted each child's average anger score (i.e., across 10 days) from his/her daily anger scores. Children reported their guilty feelings in response to vignettes depicting intentional harm, as well as their dispositional sympathy levels. Multilevel modeling indicated that within-child spikes in daily anger were associated with more aggression, above and beyond between-child differences in average anger levels. However, this association was weaker for children who reported higher levels of guilt. Sympathy did not moderate the anger-aggression link. We discuss potential implications for affective-developmental models of aggression and interventions that target anger-related aggression.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Daily Deviations in Anger, Guilt, and Sympathy: A Developmental Diary Study of Aggression

Colasante

Zuffianò

Malti

2016

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…This idea is in line with the evaluative space model (ESM) of affect and emotion (Larsen et al 2009) according to which, affect is the result of two partially separable processes that can operate in parallel. One process relates to approach and positivity, and the other relates to threat, avoidance, and negativity.…”

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The moderating role of anticipated affective ambivalence in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions

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Students' predictions of the affective consequences of starting their own business encompass, simultaneously, positive and negative thoughts and feelings (anticipated affective ambivalence). We theorize that anticipated affective ambivalence constitutes a significant element in the entrepreneurial process holding a central role in the realization of entrepreneurial intentions. In the herein presented research, we propose and test a model within which anticipated affective ambivalence is expected to moderate the impact of attitudes towards entrepreneurship (ATT), subjective norms (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) on entrepreneurial intention. Results from a large sample of university student participants found that anticipated affective ambivalence moderated the effects of ATT and SN on entrepreneurial intention (INT) but not the effect of PBC on INT. Theoretically the findings introduce affective ambivalence in the area of nascent entrepreneurship and within the Theory of Planned Behavior model. Practically, the study highlights affective ambivalence in the context of universities' increasing interest to promote entrepreneurship and to develop suitable educational programs.

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“…Kaplan (1972) was the first to recommend what has become the most popular objective assessment of ambivalence, which involves separating a traditional bipolar scale into two unipolar scales (e.g., not at all favorable to extremely favorable and not at all unfavorable to extremely unfavorable; for an alternate strategy see Larsen, Norris, McGraw, Hawkley, & Cacioppo, 2009). In early research on ambivalence, researchers assumed that objective ambivalence invariably led to feelings of conflict regarding the attitude.…”

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Wanting other attitudes: Actual–desired attitude discrepancies predict feelings of ambivalence and ambivalence consequences

DeMarree

Wheeler

Briñol

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Esta es la versión de autor del artículo publicado en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in: El acceso a la versión del editor puede requerir la suscripción del recurso Access to the published version may require subscription ACTUAL-DESIRED ATTITUDE DISCREPANCIES 2 AbstractFeelings of attitudinal ambivalence (subjective ambivalence) are important because they predict key consequences of attitudes (e.g., attitude-behavior correspondence, attitude stability).However, the field's understanding of the antecedents of subjective ambivalence is still developing. We explore a previously unexamined antecedent of subjective ambivalence.Specifically, we examined discrepancies between participants' actual attitudes and their desired attitudes as antecedents of subjective ambivalence and ambivalence consequences. Six studies using a variety of attitude objects were conducted to test these ideas. The first four studies demonstrated that actual-desired attitude discrepancies predicted subjective ambivalence over its previously documented antecedents. Critically, two additional studies showed that actual-desired attitude discrepancies predicted important consequences of ambivalence. As actual-desired attitude discrepancies increased, participants' attitude-behavior correspondence decreased (Study 5), and desire to reduce attitudinal conflict increased (Study 6). Process data in these latter studies revealed indirect effects through subjective ambivalence that held after controlling for the objective presence of evaluative conflict.

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The evaluative space grid: A single-item measure of positivity and negativity

Cited by 165 publications

References 28 publications

Daily Deviations in Anger, Guilt, and Sympathy: A Developmental Diary Study of Aggression

Daily Deviations in Anger, Guilt, and Sympathy: A Developmental Diary Study of Aggression

The moderating role of anticipated affective ambivalence in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions

Wanting other attitudes: Actual–desired attitude discrepancies predict feelings of ambivalence and ambivalence consequences

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