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Dear Weichu,

I wouldn't be too concerned about the reliability issue. I am open to be
convinced- but
I would guess that reports of individuals about an felt emotion are reliable
enough.

However, I would not confuse/equal reliability with retest-issues (as these
are states) or
internal consistency issues - when you have reports of *different* emotions
(and, thus,
different entities.

Using the PANAS is fine, but again, using the items as measures of discrete
emotions could
be an option.

However, I do not think that reports of others about the emotions of the
target isn't a valid
alternative.

just my 2 pence
Holger

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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
[mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
> Im Auftrag von Xu, Weichu
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 02:22
> An: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Betreff: [OB-LIST] any scale or measurement to make self report of emotion
> more reliable
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am writing a paper on how emotion will affect decision making by
> experiements. I plan to use self report PANAS to measure the emotion
status of
> the subject. To make the result more reliable, is there any scale or
> measurement can be used to make self report more reliable? For example,
asking
> the third party around subject such as subject's colleagues, family member
> etc. to report the emotion status of the subject. Or any other means can
be
> used to make self report more reliable? Your suggestion will be very
welcome.
>
> Thank you again and hope you can help me.
>
> Weichu Xu
> Ph.D students=

Dear Weichu,
With regard to multi-rater options, in the studies I have conducted in this area I almost always measure both self and observer or video-coded ratings and find that they correlate significantly positively. This is a finding I find important both for its demonstration of the positive significant relationship of self-observer ratings of emotion and also for the veracity of self-report ratings when one can't use observer ratings (although my preference is always to use multiple raters if possible). Best, Sigal

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Professor Sigal Barsade
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Suite 2000, Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-1373
barsade@wharton.upenn.edu
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
[mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]
> Im Auftrag von Xu, Weichu
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 02:22
> An: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Betreff: [OB-LIST] any scale or measurement to make self report of emotion
> more reliable
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am writing a paper on how emotion will affect decision making by
> experiements. I plan to use self report PANAS to measure the emotion
status of
> the subject. To make the result more reliable, is there any scale or
> measurement can be used to make self report more reliable? For example,
asking
> the third party around subject such as subject's colleagues, family member
> etc. to report the emotion status of the subject. Or any other means can
be
> used to make self report more reliable? Your suggestion will be very
welcome.
>
> Thank you again and hope you can help me.
>
> Weichu Xu
> Ph.D students=