Exploring bipolarity of affect ratings by using polychoric correlations

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-295

  Schmukle, Stefan C ^a   Egloff, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYCHORIC CORRELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 60749096573     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930801987330     Document Type: Article

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