Description

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

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