Native Assessment of International Affective Picture System among 116 Chinese Aged
- VernacularTitle:国际情绪图片系统在116名中国老年人中的试用
- Author:
Ying WANG
;
Jing XU
;
Bingwei ZHANG
;
Xia FENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
emotion;
international affective picture system(IAPS);
older adults;
native assessment;
cross-sectional study
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To carry out the native assessment of International Affective Picture System(IAPS) among Chinese older adults.Methods:Altogether 116 Chinese older adults,including 51 male and 65 female,from three communities in Dalian City,aged from 60 to 80 years,rated 60 pictures(positive:25,neutral:12,negative:23) selected from the IAPS in terms of valence,arousal and dominance with Self-Assessment Manikin(SAM).The mean affective ratings were compared to the normative ratings of USA National Institute of Mental Health(NIMH).Result: Reliability analysis indicated that the affective ratings of our sample were stable and highly internally consistent.The affective ratings of Chinese older participants were strongly correlated with the normative ratings of NIMH(r=0.92,0.54 and 0.88 respectively for valence,arousal and dominance,P0.05).Conclusion: IAPS is highly internationally accessible just as the expectation of its designers.However,considering about great differences in many aspects such as culture,social living and age between Chinese aged and NIMH sample,they may have different affective experiences to the same emotional stimuli.Therefore it is necessary to do some revisal before the IAPS is applied to Chinese aged.
