Positive Emotion Scale Research Articles

EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS OF NOVEL CHARACTERS BASED ON COMPLEX NETWORK AND WLDA ALGORITHM — TAKING HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NORWEGIAN FOREST AS AN EXAMPLE

Abstract Background In recent years, with the rapid development of public network, emotion analysis has always been a research hotspot in the field of natural language processing and data mining. The current research mainly focuses on various comments on the Internet, and there is relatively little analysis of the psychological activities of the characters and the emotional changes of the text in the novel. How to use computer technology to identify the emotional tendency and psychological activities of characters in literary works has important practical significance. Topics and Methods This paper uses complex network and wlda algorithm to analyze the mood of Norwegian forest. Using complex network is to preprocess the data, extract the information in the article by using word frequency statistics, then build a complex network according to word frequency, find out the key points of complex network according to the principle of structural hole, complex network, and analyze the emotional tendency to be expressed in the article. The wlda algorithm model is used to segment the data, remove the stop words, and then the algorithm is used to verify the emotional tendency of the novel. The corpus used in the experiment is Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian forest. The emotion seed words used in the experiment are from the Chinese word set used for emotion analysis in the Internet HowNet. The algorithm parameters take the data commonly used in wlda model, where 50 is equal to 0.01, and the number of keywords to judge the subject's emotional tendency is C, which is equal to 100. Readers' emotion algorithm, this study uses the relevant scale to investigate. (1) Positive emotion scale. The Panas emotion scale developed by Wason et al. Is widely used to measure emotion. The scale includes two dimensions: positive emotion and negative emotion. There are 6 questions in this dimension. In addition, the boredom tendency questionnaire was used to investigate internet boredom. The boredom tendency questionnaire was prepared by Huang Shihua et al. In 2010. The research shows that the scale has high reliability and validity. The scale has 30 items and is scored by Likert 7 points (from 7 to 1 means “completely agree” to “completely disagree”, and 4 means neutral). The scale includes two sub questionnaires of external stimulation and internal stimulation. The external stimulus sub questionnaire includes four factors: monotonicity, loneliness, tension and restraint. The internal stimulation sub questionnaire contains two factors: self-control and creativity. The higher the questionnaire score, the higher the boredom tendency. Group learning burnout scale group learning burnout scale was compiled by Lian Rong et al in 2005. The research shows that the scale has high reliability and validity. The scale has 20 items and uses a 5-level scoring method (from 5 to 1 means “completely consistent” to “completely inconsistent”, and 3 means neutral). It includes three dimensions, including depression, improper behavior and low sense of achievement. Emotion regulation strategy scale emotion regulation style scale was compiled by gross et al in 2003. The Chinese version of the scale has been proved to have high reliability and validity. The scale has 10 items and adopts Likert 7-point scoring (from 7 to 1 means “fully agree” to “completely disagree”, and 4 means neutral). The scale includes two sub questionnaires: cognitive reappraisal and expression inhibition. Data Analysis Adopt spss16 0 and amos17 0 statistical software Line statistical processing. Results In the process of simplifying complex network, the frequency of low-frequency words was 1. Experiments show that the results of complex network and wlda algorithm model are basically consistent, and the effect of emotion analysis is obvious. Readers' emotional response and emotional effect are also basically the same. Conclusion Some high-frequency but meaningless stop words in the corpus have caused great interference to the reasoning of the model topic. Therefore, when analyzing the text, we need to preprocess the corpus and filter out low-frequency words, which affects the emotion extraction to a certain extent. In the process of simplifying complex networks, it is also necessary to adjust the threshold of filtered low-frequency words according to different work. The experimental results show that the negative tendency is greater than the positive tendency, and the whole text expresses the negative emotion, that is, the sadness and confusion of survival. Acknowledgements Supported by the doctoral startup Research (No.20rc15), the research on the influence of consumers' purchase intention of traceable agricultural products (No.20rc03), and the design of precision control system based on the Internet of things (No.202103001).

INCENTIVE EFFECT AND EMOTION REGULATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INNOVATION BEHAVIOR

INCENTIVE EFFECT AND EMOTION REGULATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INNOVATION BEHAVIOR

RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE FACTORS OF FRESH STORE LAYOUT ON CONSUMERS' BEHAVIOR IN BEIJING

BackgroundIn recent years, the development of online retail has faced difficulties, intensified competition and reduced dividends. At the same time, the development situation of offline retail is still grim, retail enterprises are forced to transform, and the new retail format of deep integration of online and offline has developed rapidly in China. Fresh hippo is its typical representative. It implements the sales model of “supermarket + catering”, and stores provide fresh retail, processing and takeout services. Studying the spatial layout of fresh HEMA store can provide a scientific reference for the location of new retail enterprises. This study examines the influence mechanism of consumer emotion and emotion from the perspective of consumer psychology.Subjects and methodsUsing the POI data of 2021 Beijing fresh blood horse store, the spatial distribution of fresh blood horses was described by standard deviation ellipse analysis, buffer analysis, kernel density estimation and average nearest neighbor index. Combined with consumer psychology, this paper discusses the factors affecting their location choice, and uses binary logistic model to verify it. At the same time, in order to verify the impact of spatial layout on consumers' emotion, this study uses relevant scales to investigate. (1) Positive emotion scale. The Panas emotion scale developed by Wason and others is widely used to measure emotion. The scale includes two dimensions of positive emotion and negative emotion as measurement indicators. There are 6 questions in this dimension, which are scored by Likert 5 points (1 means “very inconsistent”, 5 means “very consistent”, the same below). In this study, the clonbach coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.90. (2) Motivation scale. The topic of measuring motivation mainly refers to the entrepreneurial motivation scale compiled by Phan, which has 8 questions and adopts Likert's 5-point scoring. (3) Social support scale. The scale is adapted from the social support scale prepared by Ye Yuemei and others. It has 8 questions and is scored by Likert 5 points. Clone Bach of the scale α the coefficient is 0.87. (4) Behavioral propensity scale. Entrepreneurial orientation dimension in intention measurement [4]. The scale has 6 questions and is scored by Likert 5 points. The clonbach coefficient of the scale is 0.95.ResultsThe fresh blood horse shop was distributed in the Northeast southwest direction around the center of Beijing, with a low high low radial distribution; Its high-value core density area is located between the second ring road and the Fourth Ring Road in Beijing, close to large commercial areas or communities, presenting a multi center structure. The distribution of stores is mutually exclusive and scattered. In urban areas, the location of stores is greatly affected by the population, subway traffic environment and store rent level, while the distribution of traditional retail competitors has little impact, which can meet the convenience needs of consumersConclusions“Supermarket + catering” new retail stores should increase the layout of residents' activity places such as main business districts and office buildings, and launch convenience stores that more meet the needs of the site; Strengthen the layout of the suburbs and reduce the operation cost of stores while occupying the new retail market in the suburbs; Increase the layout in areas with convenient transportation, take advantage of transportation advantages, expand the distribution scope, consider the distribution of competitors in space, and avoid excessive competition, so as to optimize the layout of stores and expand enterprise profits. The suggestions of this paper can not only provide reference for the spatial layout and location improvement of “supermarket + catering” new stores, but also provide reference for the layout of other new stores, which has certain practical significance. However, the research scope of this paper is relatively small. This will be improved in future research. In short, the important influence of spatial layout design factors on consumers' emotions should be fully taken into account, the changes of their psychological emotions and behaviors and their impact on positive and active behaviors should be actively concerned, and efforts should be made to tune builders, managers, coordinators and collaborators.AcknowledgmentsSupported by a project grant from the key project of Beijing Municipal Education Commission’s Social Science Program “Research on the Reasonable Utilization of Space for Evacuation and Retreat in Beijing” (SZ201910011004), the key project of the National Social Science Fund “Study on the extended trend, structural causes and countermeasures of currency fluctuations in the new era”; and Beijing Philosophy and Society Phased Achievements of Scientific Capital Circulation Industry Research Base (JD-YB-2021-40).

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING MODEL COMBINING RESEARCH PROJECTS, SUBJECT COMPETITIONS, PAPERS AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE EDUCATION: A MULTI CASE STUDY

BackgroundScientific research projects and discipline competitions play a vital role in cultivating postgraduates' innovation ability and engineering practice ability. Thesis writing is an important part of postgraduate training. Mental health education is an important part of graduate education. It is of great theoretical and practical significance to construct the postgraduate training mode combining the above four elements to realize efficient and high-quality education. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of the model in promoting the changes of students' emotional behavior.Topics and MethodsUsing the text survey method, this paper analyzes the award-winning projects of graduate innovation fund project undertaken by graduate students of Xijing University, Chinese graduate innovation practice series, Chinese “Internet” student innovation and entrepreneurship competition and other disciplines. Competition and papers. At the same time, the study investigated the students' emotional behavior towards the training mode. This study adopts (1) positive emotion scale. Panas emotion scale developed by Watson et al. It is widely used to measure emotions. The scale includes two dimensions: positive emotion and negative emotion. Assessing regulatory emotional self-efficacy in three countries (RES) was compiled by Caprara in 2008 and applied by many scholars to measure emotional regulatory self-efficacy. Considering the cultural differences, Tian Xueying revised the scale in China in combination with the current social situation in China. The total score of the test result scale is consistent with Cronbach's of all dimensions α the coefficients are > 0.7, with good acceptability and high reliability. The scale has a total of 12 items, including four dimensions: expressing positive emotional self-efficacy (POS), regulating positive emotional self-efficacy (MPOs), regulating depression / pain emotional self-efficacy (DES) and regulating anger or anger emotional self-efficacy (ANG). Using the five-level scale method, the scores correspond to 1 ~ 5 points respectively. The correlation between each dimension is low and has a certain independence, but it is closely related to the total score, which reflects the good structural validity of the scale.ResultsFrom 2012 to 2019, mechanical graduate students applied for the establishment of 77 graduate innovation fund projects, and 92.8% of the students received the support of innovation fund. From 2014 to 2021, a total of 122 discipline competition teams for postgraduates majoring in machinery were established. A total of 76 awards were won in the series of Chinese graduate innovation practice competitions, accounting for 62% of the total awards. Based on the analysis of the papers of graduates from 2015 to 2020, 34.3% of the papers were funded by the innovation fund and participated in the discipline competition with the results of the fund. It can be seen from table 1 that the average score of the total score of emotional regulation self-efficacy is (42.31 ± 7.59) (the score range is 16 ~ 60), indicating that the emotional regulation self-efficacy of college students is higher than the midline level, the score of POS dimension is (12.14 ± 2.39) (the score range is 3 ~ 15), the score of MPOs dimension is (10.94 ± 2.45) (the score range is 3 ~ 15), and the score of Des dimension is (9.50 ± 2.98) (the score range is 3 ~ 15), The score of ang dimension is (9.72 ± 2.63) (the score range is 3 ~ 15), indicating that there is a certain structural imbalance in the process of dealing with emotions.ConclusionXijing University has explored and constructed an efficient and high-quality professional postgraduate training mode from the four dimensions of scientific research projects, discipline competitions, dissertations and mental health education, so as to make graduate education pay more attention to the cultivation of innovation and engineering. Practice provides a useful reference for the cultivation of high-level applied technology talents.AcknowledgementsSupported by a project grant from the Research and Practice Project of Comprehensive Reform of Graduate Education in Shaanxi Province (YJSZG2020095), and the Education Science Planning Project of Shaanxi Province during the 13th Five-Year Planning period (SGH18H578).

RESEARCH ON THE CHANGES OF AVOIDANCE PSYCHOLOGY AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMERS IN ONLINE VIDEO RELATED ADVERTISING

Abstract Background In the Internet era, online video related advertising is growing at an alarming rate. Its role has become more and more important and obvious. However, at present, most online video related advertisements appear in front of consumers in the form of coercion, which has aroused consumers' disgust to a certain extent and led to avoidance psychology and behavior. Avoidance behavior reduces the effect of advertising communication and causes advertising waste to enterprises. Therefore, it is more meaningful to study the changes of audience's emotional behavior under coercion. Research Objects and Methods This paper aims to reduce consumers' avoidance psychology and behavior of online video related advertising. Firstly, this paper introduces the general situation of consumers avoiding online video related advertising. Secondly, it analyzes the influencing factors of avoidance psychology and behavior. These four factors are the information exposure degree of relevant advertisements, the frequency of relevant advertisements, the visual effect design of relevant advertisements and the form of relevant advertisements. According to the influencing factors, put forward the research hypothesis. Thirdly, this paper adopts the methods of second-hand data collection and questionnaire survey, and takes the group as the survey object. Through the data analysis methods of descriptive analysis and correlation analysis, the research results are obtained. At the same time, this study investigated the emotional behavior of consumers in different regions. This study used the positive emotion scale. The Panas emotion scale developed by Watson et al. Is widely used to measure emotion. The scale includes two dimensions: positive emotion and negative emotion. There are 6 questions in this dimension, and Likert scores 5 points (1 means “very inconsistent”, 5 means “very consistent”, the same below). In this study, the clonbach coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.90. Results Through the data analysis method, it was found that assumptions 1 and 4 were correct and assumptions 2 and 3 were wrong. The results are as follows. Consumers are more likely to avoid video related advertisements with high information exposure. The greater the barrier of online video related advertising to consumers' normal viewing of video, the greater the possibility of consumers' avoidance behavior. Consumers are unlikely to avoid advertising related to high-frequency video. Consumers are unlikely to avoid video related advertisements with good visual design effects. There was a significant positive correlation between advertising interest and emotion regulation ability (P < 0.01). Network analysis showed that consumers' state anxiety and adolescent trait anxiety (r = 0.63), state anxiety and trait anxiety (r = 0.56) and state anxiety and trait anxiety (r = 0.53) had the greatest correlation intensity. At the same time, state anxiety was positively correlated with mother's state anxiety (r = 0.28), trait anxiety with mother's trait anxiety (r = 0.16), and state anxiety with state anxiety (r = 0.09). Trait anxiety (r = 0.05) and state anxiety (r = 0.06) were also positively correlated with trait anxiety. Conclusion According to the research results, this paper puts forward some suggestions for enterprises to invest in online video related advertising. First of all, humorous advertising can attract consumers more. Enterprises should integrate more humorous advertising elements to attract consumers' attention, improve the browsing volume of advertisements, and appropriately combine different styles to increase the attraction of relevant advertisements, so as to improve the publicity effect of advertisements. Secondly, shocking and simple related advertisements can attract the attention of female consumers. For commodity advertisements targeting young women, enterprises can attract the attention of target consumers by making shocking non plug-in related advertisements. Third, consumers are unlikely to avoid product placement with low information exposure. As long as the exposure rate of advertising information is high, consumers are more likely to have avoidance behavior. Therefore, relevant advertisements are more likely to be ignored or closed. Fourth, the correct release of public service advertisements can improve brand awareness and reputation. Enterprises can properly put in public service advertisements related to product brands, improve brand awareness and reputation, and then improve the conversion rate of advertising purchase. Fully understand the role of audience irrational factors in advertising design elements, effectively understand the changes of consumers' consumption will and emotional behavior, create a good consumption environment for consumers and promote an excellent market. Acknowledgements Supported by a project grant from Fujian Social Science Fund General Project: Mining and Application of Elements of Brand Stories of Local Enterprises in Fujian under the Guidance of Cultural Self-confidence (Grant No. FJ2021B121).

STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CROWDSOURCING TASK DESCRIPTION AND WINNING THE BID

STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CROWDSOURCING TASK DESCRIPTION AND WINNING THE BID

DECENTRALIZATION AND DISASTER COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT OF CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR BASED ON EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE

BackgroundAlthough China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plays a key role in China's “the Belt and Road” initiative, the region cannot avoid various disasters. In fact, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, especially Pakistan, is one of the most vulnerable areas in the world. With CPEC's vision of decentralized disaster governance and response system, we urgently need to promote our new cross-border disaster management. The disasters along CPEC highlight the differences in cross-border health and well-being. In particular, people analyze the emotions and emotional changes in corridor decentralization and disaster collaborative management.Research Objects and MethodsThis paper systematically analyzes the disasters of China Petroleum Engineering Construction Co., Ltd. and the evolution of its disaster management system. Specifically, this paper compares the disaster management systems and mechanisms of China and Pakistan at the national, provincial, municipal and community levels, and then carefully studies the current trend of decentralized disaster management through a recent round of semi-structured and public interviews in Xinjiang From their experience, the problems and gaps between decentralized and decentralized disaster management have been found. At the same time, this study uses (1) positive emotion scale to analyze the changes of people's emotional behavior in this area. Panas emotion scale developed by Watson et al. It is widely used to measure emotions. The scale includes two dimensions: positive emotion and negative emotion. There are 6 questions in this dimension, which are scored by Likert 5 points: 1 means “very inconsistent”, 5 means “very consistent”, the same below). In this study, the CA coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.90. (2) Motivation scale. The topic of measuring motivation mainly refers to the entrepreneurial motivation scale compiled by Phan, with a total of 8 questions, using Likert 5-point scoring method. (3) Social support scale. The scale is adapted from the social support scale compiled by Ye Yuemei et al. It has 8 questions and is scored by Likert with 5 points. C scale α The coefficient is 0.87. (4) Behavioral propensity scale. Entrepreneurial orientation dimension in intention measurement. The scale has 6 questions and is scored by Likert with 5 points. scale α The C coefficient of is 0.95.ResultsThis paper discusses the latest trend of disaster management along China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). China and Pakistan have shown a trend of decentralization, but this is still a legacy of the strong role of the state in the disaster policy agenda. Therefore, the case investigation results of CPEC show that national and provincial disaster management institutions play a key role in disaster relief. At the same time, we will vigorously focus on disaster management and highlight the role of municipal governments and communities as key subjects of disaster management. Although the decentralization of disaster management system has become the mainstream trend of China and Pakistan, Xinjiang, China, is vast and sparsely populated, and the fragmentation of administrative management has brought many obstacles to the practice of Multi Center disaster management.ConclusionThe results of CPEC case investigation show that national and provincial disaster management institutions have played a key role in disaster relief. At the same time, we will vigorously focus on disaster management and highlight the role of municipal governments and communities as key subjects of disaster management. Although the decentralization of disaster management system has become the mainstream trend of China and Pakistan, Xinjiang, China, is vast and sparsely populated, and the fragmentation of administrative management has brought many obstacles to the practice of Multi Center disaster management.AcknowledgementsThis study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 41701138] and the Strategic Priority Research Program (A) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [grant numbers XDA20010103].

Media use, positive and negative emotions, and stress levels of adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A cross-sectional study.

This study was conducted to determine media use, positive and negative emotions, and stress levels of adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using media tools in the pandemic process has impacted the mental health of individuals. As the COVID-19 outbreak is a new disease fear, anxiety and stress about this situation can cause strong emotions in adults. The research was carried out using a cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 1541 adults. The Positive and Negative Emotion Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale were used to collect the data. The Positive Emotion Scale mean scores were lower (p < 0.05) for those people whose daily media use time was more than 4 h and who followed the developments about COVID-19 through the media once a day. It was found that those with daily media use of more than 4 h/day had higher Perceived Stress Scale scores than those with lower use (p > 0.05). This study concluded that the use of media in adults increased during the COVID-19 outbreak and that media use was associated with positive and negative emotions and stress levels. Health professionals should assess the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health in various community groups and develop interventions to prevent negative consequences of increased media use.

Can Trait Mindfulness Improve Job Satisfaction? The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Job Satisfaction of Preschool Teachers: The Sequential Mediating Effect of Basic Psychological Needs and Positive Emotions.

Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between basic psychological needs and positive emotions of preschool teachers between trait mindfulness and job satisfaction.Methods: Three hundred and ninety-eight preschool teachers were tested with mindfulness attention awareness scale, basic psychological needs scale, positive emotion scale, and job satisfaction scale.Results: Preschool teachers trait mindfulness can predict job satisfaction (β = 0.265, p < 0. 001). Preschool teachers trait mindfulness has an indirect impact on job satisfaction through basic psychological needs (β = 0.059, p = 0.002), and preschool teachers trait mindfulness has an indirect impact on job satisfaction through positive emotions (β = 0.123, p < 0. 001). In addition, basic psychological needs and positive emotions play a sequential intermediary role between preschool teachers trait mindfulness and job satisfaction (β = 0.017, p < 0. 001).Conclusion: Basic psychological needs and positive emotions play a sequential mediating role between preschool teachers trait mindfulness and job satisfaction, and this sequential mediating effect accounts for a high proportion of the total effect.

Development of Social Distancing Phobia Scale and Its Association with Anxiety and Perceived Stress.

The aim of the present study is to develop the social distancing phobia scale and is to determine the role of generalized anxiety disorder of the individual in predicting social distancing phobia and perceived stress. The sample of the study consists of 1260 people selected according to the convenience sampling method. Social distancing phobia scale, generalized anxiety disorder, perceived stress scale, and positive negative emotion scale were used in the study. As a result of the analysis, this scale consists of 17 items with three factors including “physiological, emotional, and behavioral response.” With its psychometric properties in assessing the three-sub-dimensional construct of the social distancing phobia scale, this scale will help to provide a better understanding of the emotions and psychological or psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, generalized anxiety disorder was found to significantly predict perceived stress and social distancing phobia.

Virtual Reality in Teaching and Learning – Experiences and Opinions of Educators

The research problem consisted in the question: “What opportunities and limitations in the use of virtual reality (VR) in education do educators/health sciences specialists notice?”. The opinion on the use of VR in education was formed thanks to a combination of two perspectives of the educators: a learner’s perspective (the experience of immersion in VR), and a teacher’s perspective (professional experience). Methodological triangulation was employed, with both the quantitative and qualitative perspectives used. The following tools were employed in the research: The positive and negative emotions scale (SUPIN), version S.20 and the SDVR Questionnaire. The research was conducted at the Department of Health Sciences of the Wroclaw Medical University in Wroclaw, Poland, between October, 2019 and April, 2020. The research group consisted of 30 people specialising in various areas of health sciences. Specialists in health sciences believe that VR is a method which can make the process of education more attractive and facilitate achievement in the areas of knowledge, competences, and skills. The trainings in which educators can experience immersion in VR not only make it possible to generate ideas on how to use the equipment, but they also reduce their concerns as to using it. The realism of the experiences, the positive emotions, the multidimensionality of the images during immersion make it possible to employ VR in various areas of education in which VR may be treated as a means to practice clinical situations in a safe environment, as well as a tool illustrating various realms of knowledge (such as, e.g., human anatomy). What is considered by educators as the greatest obstacle in the popularisation of VR in education is the limited access to equipment. Other difficulties include: adapting software to the subject curriculum, working in large groups, and competences of the educators.

EFFECTS OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS, ACADEMIC SELF EFFICACY AND SELF REGULATED LEARNING ON SATISFACTION WITH LIFE IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

ABSTRACT&#x0D; BACKGROUND &amp; OBJECTIVE: The previous studies had found a significant relationship among positive emotions, academic self-efficacy (ASE), self-regulated learning (SRL), and satisfaction with life (SWL). The present study was conducted to predict SWL from positive emotions and SRL in medical students.&#x0D; METHODOLOGY: The study involved a cross-sectional survey research design. Three hundred medical students from the three medical colleges in Bahawalpur, Lodhran, and Sahiwal were randomly recruited to participate in the study from October 2019 to January 2020. Research Ethics Committee duly approved the study at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur vide No. REC/B-31/2019-F. All the participants filled the necessary informed consent form. Four Likert type scales (a) Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale, (b) Academic Self Efficacy Scale, (c) Efficacy for Self Regulated Learning Scale, and (d) Satisfaction with Life Scale were appended to a single questionnaire to collect the data. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 25, was used for statistical analysis. The correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance were used to compute results.&#x0D; RESULTS: The study found a statistically significant positive correlation among positive emotions, ASE, SRL, and SWL in medical students. The positive emotions and SRL significantly predicted SWL while ASE did not significantly predict SWL in medical students. The 4th and 5th-year students showed more positive emotions, and students of 1st and 4th years showed more SRL than students of other years. &#x0D; CONCLUSION: The study concluded that both positive emotions and SRL significantly predicted SWL in medical students. There were found significant year-wise differences in both positive emotions and SRL.

Positive emotion dispositions and emotion regulation in the Italian population.

The goal of this large-scale study was to test the relationship between positive emotion dispositions (i.e., Joy, Contentment, Pride, Love, Compassion, Amusement, and Awe) and two strategies of emotion regulation (i.e., reappraisal and suppression) in the Italian population. 532 Italian-speaking adults completed the Dispositional Positive Emotion Scales (DPES), the Positive and Negative Affective Schedule (PANAS), the Italian Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ), and the Big-Five Inventory (BFI). DPES scales showed high reliability. Exploratory Factor Analysis showed that a 6-factor model fits the Italian sample better. Joy and Contentment loaded on the same factor. Items assessing the other five emotions loaded on separate factors. The patterns of relationships between positive emotion dispositions, positive and negative affects traits (PANAS), and personality traits (BFI) indicated concurrent validity of the DPES. Twelve separated multiple regression models with BFI and ERQ factors as predictors and DPES factors as response variables showed that Extraversion significantly positively predicted of all DPES emotions. Agreeableness predicted Happiness, Love, Compassion, and Awe positively. Conscientiousness predicted Amusement and Love negatively and Compassion, Pride, and Happiness positively. Neuroticism predicted all emotions negatively except for Compassion. Positive emotions were significantly and positively predicted by reappraisal, and negatively predicted by suppression.

Intersections Between Awe and the Sublime: A Preliminary Empirical Study

This empirical study examines how philosophical work on the sublime relates to contemporary psychological work on awe. We operationalized several aspects of the sublime drawing from prominent philosophical theories and analyzed them in relation to three different measures of awe: the modified Differential Emotions Scale (mDES), the awe sub-scale of the Dispositional Positive Emotion Scale (DPES), and the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S). We carried out an Exploratory Factor Analysis on our items on the sublime. We found high correlations between these items and the measures of awe, especially with the self-loss and connectedness dimensions of the AWE-S. By operationalizing aspects of the sublime drawn from influential philosophical theories and comparing them with psychological measures of awe, we find a large degree of overlap between awe and the sublime, suggesting that these two literatures could inform one another.

Reliability, validity and invariance of the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire in the China General Social Survey

Moral sensitivity of individuals plays a crucial role in the prediction of moral behavior, but the moral values of Chinese culture are different from the west, and we need a simple way to measure the moral sensitivity of Chinese people. This study puts forward a method for measuring the moral sensitivity of Chinese individuals from the perspective of the levels of the moralization model. The sample in the study 1 included 21,054 Chinese persons aged between 18 and 95. Through exploratory factor analysis, we established a model of the scale and verified the stability and invariance of the model across gender and age through confirmatory factor analysis and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis. Study 2 included a sample of 1951 primary, middle and high school students between the ages of 8 and 19. By means of confirmatory factor analysis, we again verified the factor structure of this questionnaire, and used a series of moral emotion questionnaires (Three Domains of Disgust Scale, Gratitude Questionnaire, Dispositional Positive Emotion Scales, Dispositional Greed Scale) to verify the structural validity. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the goodness-of-fit indices fits well. The multi-group confirmatory factor analysis suggested that configural, metric, scalar, and error variance invariance holds across genders and age groups. The results of the latent mean difference test showed that the latent mean scores were comparable between genders and age groups. The results of correlational analysis show that the scale has a high structural validity. In conclusion, the results of this study showed that the moral sensitivity scale has high reliability and validity in Chinese people.

Positive Emotions Scale: Construct Development and Validation

The purpose of the paper was to develop an indigenous and comprehensive scale to measure positive emotions and to establish its psychometric properties. In the first phase, the item pool of 40 items was generated by an in-depth review of literature, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews. Content Validity Index (CVI) was established on 6 expert’s ratings. The total scale CVI calculated was .84. Pilot study was conducted (n = 50) on the preliminary scale to measure its face validity. In the second phase, internal consistency and dimensionality of scale was empirically measured through Exploratory Factor Analysis (N = 273). Ten factors (i.e. Joy, Hope, Gratitude, Compassion, Gratitude towards God, Satisfaction, Awe, Inspiration, Love, and Humor) emerged. In the third phase, to confirm the factor structure of the Scale the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (N = 174) was run. Psychometric properties were established (α = .96). In the final phase, the convergent and discriminant validity was established by using Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson, Clark, &amp; Tellegen, 1988). Finally, the Positive Emotions Scale, measuring ten main constructs of positive emotions was constructed.

Dispositional Positive Emotions and Employee Engagement in University Teachers: Mediating Role of Appreciative Inquiry

The present research was conducted to explore the role of dispositional positive emotions and appreciative inquiry in employee engagement among university teachers and mediating role of appreciative inquiry in predicting employee engagement from positive dispositional emotions. A convenient sample (N = 237) of university teachers including both men and women with age ranged from 29 to 54 years (mean age = 39.22) was acquired. The major constructs of the study were assessed with Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale (Shiota, Keltner, &amp; John, 2006), Appreciative Inquiry Scale (Clayton, 2015), and Employee Engagement Survey (Wilson, 2009). Results showed that dispositional positive emotions were positively associated with appreciative inquiry and employee engagement, while appreciative inquiry displayed positive association with employee engagement. Appreciative inquiry mediated the relationship between dispositional positive emotions and employee engagement. Findings further showed significant gender differences indicating that women were high on positive dispositional emotions, appreciative inquiry and employee engagement as compared to men. Group differences on job experience showed that employees with more work experience exhibited better dispositional positive emotions, appreciative inquiry, and work related engagement as compared to other groups. 2x2x3 analysis revealed that women teachers with more work experience displayed more dispositional positive emotions, appreciative inquiry and employee engagement.

Development of the Japanese version of Dispositional Positive Emotion Scales

Development of the Japanese version of Dispositional Positive Emotion Scales

An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Playfulness and Well-being in Australian Adults: An Exploratory Study.

Playfulness is well researched in children; however, much less is known about its impact on the well-being of adults. To investigate the relationship between playfulness and well-being in Australian adults. Participants (N = 175) completed the Other-directed, Lighthearted, Intellectual, and Whimsical (OLIW) scale for playfulness and the Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA-Profiler) scale for well-being through an online survey. Multiple regression analyses with bootstrapping were completed to investigate whether playfulness predicted well-being. Six of the eight regression models analyzed contained significant predictors of well-being in adults. Adult playfulness exhibited the most robust positive relations with positive emotion, engagement while with others and during activities, relationships, finding meaning in one's life, and overall well-being. Playfulness was significantly related to several different indicators of well-being in adults. Therefore, incorporating elements of playfulness during occupational engagement could potentially nurture an individual's well-being.

Identification of The Positive and Negative Emotions that Appeared among High School Students When Selecting University at Jakarta and Surrounding Area

Selecting university is a complex decision process that almost all high school students have to face. This moment is also an important part for the university since this process will determined the number of new student enrollment from a high school. There are several studies have been conducted using cognitive decision-making approach that take into accounts from the previous experiences. However, there are limited aspect from the emotional factor among the high school student. Therefore, this study aims to explore the emotional factors, that affect the high school students in Jakarta and Surrounding Areas, when selecting university choices. This study used the PANAS (Positive and Negative Scale) instrument to explore the emotion and deploy to the selected 105 respondents. In addition, there are open question that analyzed by NVIVO 10. The result in the first round revealed that all positive emotion appeared above 5 from scale 1 to 10 of the respond. The highest score found were interested, followed by alert, determined, proud, inspired, enthusiastic, attentive, excited, active and strong. While from negative emotion which has appeared were nervous as the highest followed by afraid, jittery, distressed, ashamed and scared. The second round the questioner was given to 32 respondents after they got stimulus from the presentation of university program. The result demonstrated score increase at positive emotion scale and score decrease at negative emotion. In the closed question the distinctive was shown at active emotion from 664 to 706, while in the open question the particular words increase, from 9 to 61. Therefore, it concluded that the stimulus could increase the positive emotion in contrary decrease the negative emotion.