Dimensional Similarity and Differences Between Positive Emotion (Joy-Curiosity) and Gender

Abstract

The present study was designed to center around emotion measurement issues by line number estimations techniques and the relationship of Gender & positive emotions (joy and curiosity) with appraisal dimension. Study made an attempt to identify the Gender and emotion effect on line, number estimations. Data were collected from the U.G. students; subject has to respond on their past emotional experiences on the basis of appraisal dimension, by line and number estimation techniques. In-depth interview with respondents generated descriptive data. The data were analyzed with the help of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). In the present study effect of Gender was found on appraisal dimension and line, number estimations. Positive emotion was inversely proportional to all variables. In emotions curiosity shows higher differences in comparison to joy. The present study also found the one type of interaction effects between gender x emotion.
The findings of study have important implications for the measurement of emotions that how emotion measure in a better way by the magnitude scale. The research also shows the relationship of emotions with the appraisal dimensions.