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Assessing the effectiveness of a large database of emotion-eliciting films : a new tool for emotion researchers

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Schaefer, Alexandre [University of Durham, UK] Nils, Frédéric [UCL] Sanchez, Xavier [Radbout University] Philippot, Pierre [UCL]

Using emotional film clips is one of the most popular and effective methods of emotion elicitation. The main goal of the present study was to develop and test the effectiveness of a new and comprehensive set of emotional film excerpts. Fifty film experts were asked to remember specific film scenes that elicited fear, anger, sadness, disgust, amusement, tenderness, as well as emotionally neutral scenes. For each emotion, the 10 most frequently mentioned scenes were selected and cut into film clips. Next, 364 participants viewed the film clips in individual laboratory sessions and rated each film on multiple dimensions. Results showed that the film clips were effective with regard to several criteria such as emotional discreteness, arousal, positive and negative affect. Finally, ranking scores were computed for 24 classification criteria: Subjective arousal, positive and negative affect (derived from the PANAS; Watson & Tellegen, 1988), a positive and a negative affect scores derived from the Differential Emotions Scale (DES; Izard et al., 1974), six emotional discreteness scores (for anger, disgust, sadness, fear, amusement and tenderness), and 15 “mixed feelings” scores assessing the effectiveness of each film excerpt to produce blends of specific emotions. In addition, a number of emotionally neutral film clips were also validated. The database and editing instructions to construct the film clips have been made freely available in a website.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Journal information "Cognition and Emotion" - Vol. 24, no. 7, p. 1153-1172 (2010)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Psychology Press ((United Kingdom) Hove)
issn 0269-9931
e-issn 1464-0600
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
University of Durham, UK - Psychology
Radbout University - Psychology
Keywords Emotion
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Bibliographic reference Schaefer, Alexandre ; Nils, Frédéric ; Sanchez, Xavier ; Philippot, Pierre. Assessing the effectiveness of a large database of emotion-eliciting films : a new tool for emotion researchers. In: Cognition and Emotion, Vol. 24, no. 7, p. 1153-1172 (2010)
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