Leipzig Affective Norms for German: A reliability study |
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Authors: | Philipp Kanske Sonja A Kotz |
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Institution: | Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. philipp.kanske@zi-mannheim.de |
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Abstract: | To facilitate investigations of verbal emotional processing, we introduce the Leipzig Affective Norms for German (LANG), a
list of 1,000 German nouns that have been rated for emotional valence, arousal, and concreteness. A critical factor regarding
the quality of normative word data is their reliability. We therefore acquired ratings from a sample that was tested twice,
with an interval of 2 years, to calculate test—retest reliability. Furthermore, we recruited a second sample to test reliability
across independent samples. The results show (1) the typical quadratic relation of valence and arousal, replicating previous
data, (2) very high test—retest reliability (>.95), and (3) high correlations between the two samples (>.85). Because the
range of ratings was also very high, we provide a comprehensive set of words with reliable affective norms, which makes it
possible to select highly controlled subsamples varying in emotional status. The database is available as a supplement for
this article at http://brm.psychonomic-journals.org/content/supplemental. |
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