The Affect Grid: A Moderately Valid, Nonspecific Measure of Pleasure and Arousal

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 639-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Scott Killgore
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Validation Studies ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Single Item ◽  
The Past ◽  
Factor Analytic

The Affect Grid was first published in 1989 as a single-item measure of the two affect dimensions of pleasure-displeasure and arousal-sleepiness; however, over the past decade no subsequent validation studies have been published and no further mention of this potentially useful measure has appeared in the literature. In this study, scores on the Affect Grid were obtained from 284 college students and correlated with scores on the Beck Depression Inventory, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and the Profile of Mood States. Factor analytic and correlational findings suggest that the Affect Grid is a moderately valid measure of the general dimensions of pleasure and arousal but has little specificity in discriminating among various qualities of affective experience.

The Life Change Inventory: A Device for Quantifying Psychological Magnitude of Changes Experienced by College Students

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 991-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur F. Costantini ◽  
Jack E. Davis ◽  
John R. Braun ◽  
Annette Iervolino
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Life Change ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Perceptual Distortion ◽  
Theoretical Rationale ◽  
Positive Correlations

Theoretical rationale, construction, and preliminary data on psychometric properties of the Life Change Inventory are presented. It provides a convenient device for investigating psychological consequences of different degrees of readjustment in college student's lives. Initial reliability data (test-retest = .68 and .88; Cronbach Alpha = .87), and personality and mood correlates (significant positive correlations with Profile of Mood States tension, depression, anger, and vigor, and with Differential Personality Inventory insomnia, headache proneness, feelings of unreality, hypochondriasis, ideas of persecution, impulsivity, perceptual distortion, and somatic complaints), are promising. Except for Profile of Mood States vigor, these significant correlations are consistent with the idea that excessive life changes have adverse psychological consequences.

Music major, affects, and positive music listening experience

2020 ◽  
pp. 030573561990115
Author(s):  
Joanne Chang ◽  
Peter Lin ◽  
Edward Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Emotional Intensity ◽  
Listening Experience ◽  
Two Measures

The use of music in mood regulation has gained increasing attention in recent years. In this study, 199 college students (70 music majors, 126 non-music majors; 101 males, 94 females) responded to two measures: the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and a 15-item Positive Music Listening Experience Scale we developed (Cronbach’s alpha = .90). It comprised 1 item on frequency of deliberate listening to music and 14 items concerning the effects of such listening on coping, solitude, and contemplative experience, comprising three subscales, respectively. Music majors scored significantly higher than non-music majors on overall Positive Music Listening Experience, as well as significantly higher in positive affect and lower in negative affect than non-music majors. Music majors scored significantly higher than non-music majors on the contemplation subscale; there were no significant differences on the coping and solitude subscales. In addition, the overall Positive Music Listening Experience score was linked significantly with positive affect and self-reported emotional intensity after the demographics were controlled. Contrary to our expectation, negative affect was not a significant predictor and was unrelated to all items of positive music listening experience. In contrast, positive affect was associated significantly with most items relating to positive music listening experience, particularly contemplative subscales items. We discuss the implications of these findings for better understanding the role of affect in influencing the effects of deliberate music listening.

scholarly journals Positive and negative affect of university and college students during COVID-19 outbreak: a network-based survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 1437-1443
Author(s):  
Yali Wang ◽  
Xiang Jing ◽  
Wantong Han ◽  
Yurong Jing ◽  
Lingzhong Xu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect

Changes in Scores on the Profile of Mood States following a Single Bout of Physical Activity: Heart Rate and Changes in Affect

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 859-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. McGowan ◽  
Billy Jack Talton ◽  
Mark Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Weight Lifting ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Heart Rates ◽  
College Age ◽  
Single Bout

28 college age students participating in a weight lifting class exhibited significant decreases in negative affect and increases in positive affect. Changes in affect were correlated with average exercise heart rates. Higher heart rates were correlated with reductions in negative affect and increases in positive affect. Correlations of .37 and .40 suggest that, in accordance with earlier studies, exercise intensity may be indirectly related to exercise.

scholarly journals Atheists on the Santiago Way: Examining Motivations to go on Pilgrimage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Farias ◽  
Thomas Joseph Coleman ◽  
James Edward Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Physical Exertion ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Motivational Orientations ◽  
Santiago De Compostela ◽  
The Past

In the past thirty years the camino to Santiago de Compostela has been recreated as an eclectic pilgrimage, open to both religious and atheist travellers. Following previous work on motivational orientations and religion (Farias and Lalljee 2008), we conducted a study examining atheist vs. religious pilgrims’ motivations to walk the Santiago way. We assessed pilgrims (N = 360) at various parts of the northern Spanish camino using a questionnaire that measured motivations to go on pilgrimage. In addition, we measured levels of positive and negative affect, physical exertion and emotional problems. Atheists scored significantly lower on Community and Religious types of motivations. However, in several measures no differences were found between groups. We suggest that both atheist and religious pilgrims are exploring forms of horizontal and vertical transcendence characterised by a desire to connect to nature and one’s deeper self.

Relative Frequency of Positive and Negative Affect in Déjà Connu Experiences of Impression Formation

1994 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-266
Author(s):  
Robert J. Pellegrini ◽  
Randy T. Caldwell ◽  
Bonnie L. Faber ◽  
Thomas A. Tutko
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Impression Formation ◽  
Relative Frequency ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Typical Situation

College students, 250 women and 250 men, were surveyed concerning their experience in the typical situation in which they encounter someone who reminds them of someone else. 94% of the respondents indicated having positive and favorable feelings about the remembered other, while only 6% of the sample reported negative and unfavorable feelings about the remembered person in such circumstances. Alternative interpretations of the data are considered, with attention focused on implications for the study of interpersonal attitudes in contemporary society.

Psychological Mood State in “Average” Marathon Runners

1982 ◽  
Vol 55 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1295-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Gondola ◽  
Bruce W. Tuckman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Profile Of Mood States ◽  
Physiological Changes ◽  
Marathon Runners ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Psychological Mood

A comparison of 348 average or nonelite marathon runners to 856 college students on the Profile of Mood States showed that runners, both men and women, described themselves as significantly less tense, less depressed, less fatigued, less confused, more vigorous and equally angry. Various theories of physiological changes thought to accompany running are offered as explanations.

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