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motcon2: Another data set on motive congruence.

Description

A dataset containing the explicit intimacy motive, implicit affiliation/intimacy motive and self ratings of affective valence. The variables are as follows:

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 362 rows and 3 variables

Details

  • EM Explicit intimacy motive, measured with a questionnaire (Unified Motive Scales, Schönbrodt & Gerstenberg, 2012). Raw values have been z standardized.

  • IM Implicit affiliation/intimacy motive, measured with picture story exercise (6 pictures). Raw motive scores have been controlled for word count and z standardized.

  • VA z standardized valence rating. Consists of two bipolar items from the PANAVA questionnaire (Schallberger, 2005): `zufrieden ... unzufrieden' (satisfied ... unsatisfied) and `ungluecklich ... gluecklich' (unhappy ... happy).

References

Schallberger, U. (2005). Kurzskala zur Erfassung der Positiven Aktivierung, Negativen Aktivierung und Valenz in Experience Sampling Studien (PANAVA-KS) [Short scales for the assessment of positive affect, negative affect, and valence in experience sampling studies]. University of Zurich.

Schönbrodt, F. D., & Gerstenberg, F. X. R. (2012). An IRT analysis of motive questionnaires: The Unified Motive Scales. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 725-742. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2012.08.010