2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a culturally salient sentiment dictionary
| Project/Area Number |
20K14148
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 10010:Social psychology-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University (2022)
Otemon Gakuin University (2020-2021) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Emotion / Culture / Japan / USA / Brazil |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The objective of this research project was to develop a dictionary of emotions in three languages： Japanese, American English, and Brazilian Portuguese. Participants from the three countries (total N = 2371) rated 42 emotion words in 7 dimensions (valence, arousal, independence /interdependence, desirability, experience, and expression). This project has yielded 4 presentations at conferences: Annual convention of the Japanese Psychological Association in 2021; Annual convention of the Society for personality and Social Psychology in 2022 and 2023 (preconference and main conference. Currently a manuscript is under preparation.Data related to culturally specific emotions (awe, amae, and saudade) was also collected from the same three countries (N = 380). Analysis of this data will enrich the main study, and may yield another article for publication. Preliminary results will be presented at the 87th Annual convention of the Japanese Psychological Association in 2023.
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| Free Research Field |
Psychology
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
Emotions are perceived, felt, valued, and expressed in different ways according to cultural norms, affecting the psychology of people everywhere. This research project sheds light on those differences, providing an important tool for the better understanding of cultures.
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