Cockroaches are scarier than snakes and spiders: Validation of an affective standardized set of animal images (ASSAI)
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Other documents of the author: Grimaldos García, Jorge; Duque, Almudena; Palau-Batet, María; Pastor, M. Carmen; Bretón-López, Juana; Quero, Soledad
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Cockroaches are scarier than snakes and spiders: Validation of an affective standardized set of animal images (ASSAI)Author (s)
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2021Publisher
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1554-351X; 1554-3528Bibliographic citation
Grimaldos, J., Duque, A., Palau-Batet, M. et al. Cockroaches are scarier than snakes and spiders: Validation of an affective standardized set of animal images (ASSAI). Behav Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01577-7Type
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Research on emotional processes has been closely related to the use of emotional stimuli, promoting the development of different standardized sets of images. However, some kinds of images that would be relevant in ... [+]
Research on emotional processes has been closely related to the use of emotional stimuli, promoting the development of different standardized sets of images. However, some kinds of images that would be relevant in clinical psychology research are not available, especially for small animal phobias. The aim of the present study is to validate a set of animal images that includes images of cockroaches, which are not present in the current sets of images. Two hundred and forty images depicting five types of animals (cockroaches, spiders, snakes, cats, and butterflies) were collected from online public domains. Four hundred and twenty-four participants (72.9% women) took part in the study rating the images in two affective dimensions (i.e., valence and arousal). Cockroach pictures were rated as significantly more unpleasant than pictures of spiders, snakes, butterflies, and cats. Moreover, results revealed that women rated cockroach, spider, and snake pictures as more negative than men did. Also, women in comparison with men rated cockroach images as more arousing. The results highlight the importance of using images of cockroaches, due to their high negative valence, which even exceeds that of snakes and spiders, the unpleasant animals typically used in phobic research. This set of images can be useful in research on small-animal phobias. [-]
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Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) | Universitat Jaume I | UJI-2018-57 | Generalitat Valenciana. Conselleria d'Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport | CIBER of Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition
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I+D+i RTI2018-100993-B-100 | PRE2019-087363 | "INTERSABIAS" project-PROMETEO/2018/110
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