Effects of color of paper on which the Profile of Mood States is printed on the psychological states it measures.
The Profile of Mood States was printed on four different colors of paper (yellow, red, green, blue) and white to test whether the color of paper would influence mood state scores of 246 college students. Univariate analyses of variance identified color effects only on the Fatigue scale.
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001143:Arousal; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values