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Developing scale for affective response: anxiety, anger, depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2024

H. Y. Shin
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
D. Y. Kim
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
S. W. Choi*
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

People experience various negative emotions when they encounter stressful events, and these negative emotions contribute to the onset of illnesses. These emotional responses are not limited to just one; a person can experience multiple emotions at once, and the primary emotional reactions can vary depending on the severity and duration of the illness or life events. This is reason why we created a self-report scale to assess short-term emotional responses, focusing on the current emotional state experienced subjectively by patients.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to develop an affective response scale (ARS) and examine its validity and reliability.

Methods

We established clusters of affective via a literature review and developed preliminary items based on the structure. We conducted expert content validation to converge on the final items, followed by construct validity and reliability analyses.

Results

The research findings indicate that the Affective Response Scale was composed of three main dimensions: anxiety, anger, and depression. Content validity results confirmed the validity of most items. The scale developed in this study was found to be valid in both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and it was identified to be stable and consistent through the analysis of the internal reliability.

Conclusions

These results indicate that the ARS is highly reliable and valid, and that it can be utilized as an effective measure of the patient’s emotion and its severity.

Disclosure of Interest

None Declared

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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of European Psychiatric Association
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