Japan, 1989-2002. Ratings of 403 Identities and 307 Behaviors, and a few Settings were obtained with the Attitude program from 323 Tohoku University students in 1989. In 1995 and 1996, 120 women students at Kyoritsu Women’s, Japan Women’s, and Teikyo Universities and 120 men students at Teikyo and Rikkyo Universities rated an additional 300 settings, 300 modifiers (mainly traits), 200 business identities, and 75 behaviors. Yoichi Murase (Rikkyo University) and Nozomu Matsubara (Tokyo University) provided access to students who rated 102 emotions, 70 behaviors and 55 identities in 2002 using Surveyor. Total numbers of entries in Interact lexicon are: 713 Identities, 455 Behaviors, 426 Modifiers, and 300 Settings. Number of male or female raters generally is about 30 for each concept.
Cite as:
Smith, Herman W., Takanori Matsuno, Shuuichirou Ike, and Michio Umino. Mean Affective Ratings of 1,894 Concepts by Japanese Undergraduates, 1989-2002 [Computer file]. Distributed at Affect Control Theory Website, Program Interact <http://www.indiana.edu/~socpsy/ACT/interact/JavaInteract.html>, 2006.