Measuring Simultaneous Emotions: Existing Problems and A New Way Forward

• In Event: Methodological Advances in Political Psychology

Brief Overview

This paper proposes new tactics for experiments that provoke emotions like fear and anger that have countervailing influences on political behavior. It includes guidelines for designing treatments and a modified method of measuring discrete emotions.

Authors

• Matthew Henry Rhodes-Purdy, Clemson University

• Rachel Navarre, Bridgewater State University

• Stephen M. Utych, Boise State University