The measurement of core affect: A Swedish self-report measure derived from the affect circumplex

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-31

  Västfjäll, Daniel ^a   Friman, Margareta ^c   Gärling, Tommy ^a   Kleiner, Mendel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjective scale ratings; Core affect; Emotion; Self report measure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036480521     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00265     Document Type: Article

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