Valence,arousal, and imagery ratings for 835 French attributes by young,middle-aged,and older adults: The French Emotional Evaluation List (FEEL) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Universitätsring 15, 54286 Trier, Germany;2. Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Postbus 9104, 65000 HE Nijmegen, Netherlands;3. Division of Clinical Psychophysiology, Institute of Psychobiology, University of Trier , Johanniterufer 15, 54290 Trier, Germany;1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA;2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA;3. Center for Translational Developmental Neuroscience, Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA;1. Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;4. Mood Disorders Program, St. Joseph''s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;5. Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil;6. Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph''s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;7. Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, Ontario, Canada;8. Women''s Health Concerns Clinic, St. Joseph''s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Introduction and objectiveAttributes are used by young, middle-aged, and older adults to describe persons in everyday life. The current study asks whether attributes are perceived similarly by different age groups: for example, some attributes could be perceived as more positive or more negative in old age than in young adulthood.MethodTo address this question, we investigated age-related differences in emotional evaluations of French adjectives. Young, middle-aged, and older adults judged 835 French adjectives on valence, arousal, and imagery.ResultsAge groups agreed highly on the relative rank order but showed mean differences for a substantial number of attributes, especially for arousal and imagery ratings. Associations between dimensions differed as well between age groups: valence and arousal were negatively correlated and this correlation was stronger in older than in younger age groups.ConclusionThe present study provided new evidence that the perception of emotionally toned material is affected by age. Several explanations to these age-related differences are discussed. |
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