Addressing measurement limitations in affective rating scales: Development of an empirical valence scale

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-192

  Lishner, David A ^a   Cooter, Amy B ^b   Zald, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 37549056941     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701319139     Document Type: Article

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