Appendix: Additional Information

The linked documents provide additional information to the studies reported in Rafaeli, E. & Revelle, W. (2006). A premature consensus: Are happiness and sadness truly opposite affects? Motivation and Emotion.

 

This appendix is broken into multiple sections. Click on the relevant section for additional details.


Text sections

Section 1: Study 1- simulation code.

Section 2: Study 1- simulation method and results.

Section 3: Study 2- additional correlation and EFA results.

Section 4: Study 2- additional CFA description.

Table

Table A-1: Study 2- Affect terms, factor loadings, communalities, angular location, and item characteristics.

 

Figures

Figure A-1: Study 1- VSS Results.

Figure A-2: Study 2- Correlations of all items with happy and sad.

Figure A-3: Study 2- VSS Results.

Figure A-4: Study 2- Factor loadings of all items in a two dimensional space.

Figure A-5: Study 2- Measurement and structural model of six item clusters.

Figure A-6: Study 3- Affect levels and standard errors after mood manipulations. (Uses affect scales)

Figure A-7: Study 3- Hapiness and sadness levels and standard errors after mood manipulations. (Uses single items).

 

References cited in this appendix

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Russell, J.A., & Carroll, J.M. (1999). On the bipolarity of positive and negative affect. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 3-30.

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Thayer, R.E. (1986). Activation-Deactivation Check-list: Current overview and structural analysis. Psychological Reports, 58, 607-614.