Norms of valence, arousal, dominance, and age of acquisition for 4,300 Dutch words

Agnes Moors, Jan De Houwer, Dirk Hermans, Sabine Wanmaker, Kevin Van Schie, Anne-laura Van Harmelen, Maarten De Schryver, Jeffrey De Winne, Marc Brysbaert

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Abstract

This article presents norms of valence/pleasantness, activity/arousal, power/dominance, and age of acquisition for 4,300 Dutch words, mainly nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. The norms are based on ratings with a 7-point Likert scale by independent groups of students from two Belgian (Ghent and Leuven) and two Dutch (Rotterdam and Leiden-Amsterdam) samples. For each variable, we obtained high split-half reliabilities within each sample and high correlations between samples. In addition, the valence ratings of a previous, more limited study (Hermans & De Houwer, Psychologica Belgica, 34:115-139, 1994) correlated highly with those of the present study. Therefore, the new norms are a valuable source of information for affective research in the Dutch language.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-177
JournalBehavior Research Methods
Volume45
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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