This study focused on the criterion-related validity of the Implicit Positive and Negative
Affect Test (IPANAT). The IPANAT is thought to be a measure of automatic activation of
cognitive representations of affects. In this study, it was investigated whether implicit
affect scores differentially predict ratings of facial emotions over and above explicit
affectivity. Ninety-six young female participants completed the IPANAT, the Positive and
Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) as an explicit measure of state and trait affectivity,
and a task for the perception of facial emotions. Implicit negative affect predicted the
perception of negative but not positive facial emotions, whereas implicit positive affect
predicted the perception of positive but not negative facial emotions. The observed
double-dissociation in the correlational pattern strongly supports the validity of the
IPANAT as a measure of implicit affectivity and is indicative of the orthogonality and
thus functional distinctness of the two affect dimensions of the IPANAT. Moreover, such
affect-congruent correlations were absent for explicit affect scales, which additionally
supports the incremental validity of the IPANAT.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:84448 |
| Date | 31 March 2023 |
| Creators | Well, Anna-Sophie, Günther, Vivien, Schmidt, Frank Martin, Kersting, Anette, Quirin, Markus, Suslow, Thomas |
| Publisher | Frontiers Research Foundation |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1664-1078, 635368 |
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