HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts
IntroductionRepeatedly capturing individuals’ emotions is challenging in organizational settings, especially for low-literacy groups, and existing pictorial scales cover arousal only narrowly. We therefore developed the Highly Dynamic and Reusable Picture-based Scale Plus (HDRPS+), an optimized succ...
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| description | IntroductionRepeatedly capturing individuals’ emotions is challenging in organizational settings, especially for low-literacy groups, and existing pictorial scales cover arousal only narrowly. We therefore developed the Highly Dynamic and Reusable Picture-based Scale Plus (HDRPS+), an optimized successor to HDRPS that measures valence and arousal simultaneously.MethodsThree sub-studies were conducted. (1) Picture pool construction: 20 thematic images were created to span the affective space. (2) Picture screening: crowdsourced ratings anchored each image’s valence -arousal coordinates. (3) Validation: a 7-day diary study with 442 participants (age 13-69, M = 27.06) tested reliability and validity.ResultsHDRPS+ achieved good user retention, with 80.3 % of participants providing data on at least five days. It also showed acceptable stability (consistency = 0.69 valence, 0.65 arousal) without materially influencing the affect it is intended to measure. Correlations with the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) confirmed concurrent validity (r = 0.63 for valence; 0.52 for arousal), while all coefficients with PANAS were < 0.45, supporting discriminant validity. Participants judged the scale accurate or very accurate in 78 % of cases, and indirect checks (vs. SAM) indicated reduced social_desirability bias.DiscussionHDRPS+ is low_cost, quick, and well_tolerated, enabling continuous affect tracking in diverse organizational settings. Future work should keep refining emotional granularity, broaden application formats, and test cross_cultural use. HDRPS+ images with normative scores are available at https://osf.io/d4wcn. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-805166f8fc50401c8ae73c7683dade752025-08-20T02:55:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-08-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.14981431498143HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contextsPing Liu0Ya’Nan Wang1Ya’Nan Wang2Yanlin Liu3Jiangning Hu4Yunyi Li5Ke Zhao6Jian’guo Mao7Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaBusiness School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Tibet University, Lhasa, ChinaBusiness School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaBusiness School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United StatesCollege of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaIntroductionRepeatedly capturing individuals’ emotions is challenging in organizational settings, especially for low-literacy groups, and existing pictorial scales cover arousal only narrowly. We therefore developed the Highly Dynamic and Reusable Picture-based Scale Plus (HDRPS+), an optimized successor to HDRPS that measures valence and arousal simultaneously.MethodsThree sub-studies were conducted. (1) Picture pool construction: 20 thematic images were created to span the affective space. (2) Picture screening: crowdsourced ratings anchored each image’s valence -arousal coordinates. (3) Validation: a 7-day diary study with 442 participants (age 13-69, M = 27.06) tested reliability and validity.ResultsHDRPS+ achieved good user retention, with 80.3 % of participants providing data on at least five days. It also showed acceptable stability (consistency = 0.69 valence, 0.65 arousal) without materially influencing the affect it is intended to measure. Correlations with the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) confirmed concurrent validity (r = 0.63 for valence; 0.52 for arousal), while all coefficients with PANAS were < 0.45, supporting discriminant validity. Participants judged the scale accurate or very accurate in 78 % of cases, and indirect checks (vs. SAM) indicated reduced social_desirability bias.DiscussionHDRPS+ is low_cost, quick, and well_tolerated, enabling continuous affect tracking in diverse organizational settings. Future work should keep refining emotional granularity, broaden application formats, and test cross_cultural use. HDRPS+ images with normative scores are available at https://osf.io/d4wcn.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498143/fullHDRPS+affective measurementorganizational contextspictorial scalevalencearousal |
| spellingShingle | Ping Liu Ya’Nan Wang Ya’Nan Wang Yanlin Liu Jiangning Hu Yunyi Li Ke Zhao Jian’guo Mao HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts Frontiers in Psychology HDRPS+ affective measurement organizational contexts pictorial scale valence arousal |
| title | HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts |
| title_full | HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts |
| title_fullStr | HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts |
| title_full_unstemmed | HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts |
| title_short | HDRPS+: a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts |
| title_sort | hdrps a new affective pictorial scale applicable to organizational contexts |
| topic | HDRPS+ affective measurement organizational contexts pictorial scale valence arousal |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498143/full |
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