Valence and Arousal Ratings for 420 Finnish Nouns by Age and Gender

Söderholm, Carina; Häyry, Emilia; Laine, Matti; Karrasch, Mira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072859

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“…In line with prior reports (e.g., Gilet et al, 2012;Redondo et al, 2007), we found no differences between males' and females' ratings on the arousal dimension [Ms = 5.52 and 5.60, SDs = 1.49 and 2.17, respectively; t(874) = 1.84, p > .05]. However, higher mean arousal ratings have been observed in some studies (e.g., Soares et al, 2012;Söderholm, Häyry, Laine, & Karrasch, 2013).…”

Section: Gender Differencessupporting

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Affective norms of 875 Spanish words for five discrete emotional categories and two emotional dimensions

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In the present study, we introduce affective norms for a new set of Spanish words, the Madrid Affective Database for Spanish (MADS), that were scored on two emotional dimensions (valence and arousal) and on five discrete emotional categories (happiness, anger, sadness, fear, and disgust), as well as on concreteness, by 660 Spanish native speakers. Measures of several objective psycholinguistic variables-grammatical class, word frequency, number of letters, and number of syllables-for the words are also included. We observed high split-half reliabilities for every emotional variable and a strong quadratic relationship between valence and arousal. Additional analyses revealed several associations between the affective dimensions and discrete emotions, as well as with some psycholinguistic variables. This new corpus complements and extends prior databases in Spanish and allows for designing new experiments investigating the influence of affective content in language processing under both dimensional and discrete theoretical conceptions of emotion. These norms can be downloaded as supplemental materials for this article from www.dropbox.com/s/o6dpw3irk6utfhy/ Hinojosa%20et%20al_Supplementary%20materials.xlsx?dl=0.

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Section: Gender Differencessupporting

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Affective norms of 875 Spanish words for five discrete emotional categories and two emotional dimensions

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“…The lowest percentage corresponds to lowarousing negative words (e.g., desánimo, Bdespondency^). A similar distribution has been reported by Söderholm et al (2013) with a sample of 420 Finnish nouns.…”

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“…In the normative studies investigating the affective properties of words, the most-used scale has been the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM; Bradley & Lang, 1994), which is composed of 9 points accompanied by characters depicting the different anchor points. For the sake of comparability, and following the common procedure in the field (e.g., Ferré et al, 2012;Montefinese, Ambrosini, Fairfield, & Mammarella, 2014;Redondo et al, 2007;Soares, Comesaña, Pinheiro, Simões, & Frade, 2012;Söderholm, Häyry, Laine, & Karrasch, 2013), we adopted SAM as the rating scale, too. Participants rated the valences of words on a 9-point Likert scale ranging from completely sad(1) to completely happy(9).…”

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Spanish norms for affective and lexico-semantic variables for 1,400 words

2015

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Studies of semantic variables (e.g., concreteness) and affective variables (i.e., valence and arousal) have traditionally tended to run in different directions. However, in recent years there has been growing interest in studying the relationship, as well as the potential overlaps, between the two. This article describes a database that provides subjective ratings for 1,400 Spanish words for valence, arousal, concreteness, imageability, context availability, and familiarity. Data were collected online through a process involving 826 university students. The results showed a high interrater reliability for all of the variables examined, as well as high correlations between our affective and semantic values and norms currently available in other Spanish databases. Regarding the affective variables, the typical quadratic correlation between valence and arousal ratings was obtained. Likewise, significant correlations were found between the lexico-semantic variables. Importantly, we obtained moderate negative correlations between emotionality and both concreteness and imageability. This is in line with the claim that abstract words have more affective associations than concrete ones (Kousta, Vigliocco, Vinson, Andrews, & Del Campo, 2011). The present Spanish database is suitable for experimental research into the effects of both affective properties and lexico-semantic variables on word processing and memory.

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“…This may be due to the fact that when aesthetic appeal is assessed (see the Aesthetic Appeal section above), that dimension already captures part of the positive-negative nature of the stimuli. However, since symbols may vary in the meanings they convey, it is also relevant to evaluate the valence associated with that meaning, as has been the case for words (e.g., Bradley & Lang, 1999a;Moors et al, 2013;Söderholm, Häyry, Laine, & Karrasch, 2013;Warriner, Kuperman, & Brysbaert, 2013). Like aesthetic appeal, valence is highly associated with familiarity.…”

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Lisbon Symbol Database (LSD): Subjective norms for 600 symbols

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This article presents subjective rating norms for a new set of 600 symbols, depicting various contents (e.g., transportation, technology, and leisure activities) that can be used by researchers in different fields. Symbols were evaluated for aesthetic appeal, familiarity, visual complexity, concreteness, valence, arousal, and meaningfulness. The normative data were obtained from 388 participants, and no gender differences were found. Descriptive results (means, standard deviations, and confidence intervals) for each symbol in each dimension are presented. Overall, the dimensions were highly correlated. Additionally, participants were asked to briefly describe the meaning of each symbol. The results indicate that the present symbol set is varied, allowing for the selection of exemplars with different levels on the seven examined dimensions. This set of symbols constitutes a tool with potential for research in different areas. The database with all of the symbols is available as supplemental materials.

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Valence and Arousal Ratings for 420 Finnish Nouns by Age and Gender

Cited by 54 publications

References 46 publications

Affective norms of 875 Spanish words for five discrete emotional categories and two emotional dimensions

Affective norms of 875 Spanish words for five discrete emotional categories and two emotional dimensions

Spanish norms for affective and lexico-semantic variables for 1,400 words

Lisbon Symbol Database (LSD): Subjective norms for 600 symbols

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