title: Affective norms for French words (FAN).
abstract: The present study provides affective norms for a large corpus of French words (N = 1,031) that were rated on emotional valence and emotional arousal by 469 French young adults. Ratings were made using the Self-Assessment Manikin (Lang, 1980). By combining evaluations of valence and arousal, and including ratings provided by male and female young adults, this database complements and extends existing French-language databases. The response reliability for the two affective dimensions was good, and the consistency between the present and previous ratings was high. We found a strong quadratic relationship between the valence and arousal ratings. Perceptions of the affective content of a word were partly linked to sex. This new affective database (FAN) will enable French-speaking researchers to select suitable materials for studies of how the character of affective words influences their cognitive processing. FAN is available as an online supplement downloadable with this article.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Epsylon, Université Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France, Catherine.monnier@univ-montp3.fr.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: Arielle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Syssau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000145:classification*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001143:Arousal / Q000145:classification*; D003626:Data Display; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000145:classification; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014936:Word Association Tests; D055815:Young Adult