Pictorial Representations of Achievement Emotions: Preliminary Data with Children and Adults

摘要: Three studies are presented aimed at testing a preliminary version of pictorial instrument representing children’s achievement emotions as conceptualized in control-value theory. Children (second- and fifth-graders) adults were administered three tasks assessing the correspondence between drawings faces ten (enjoyment, pride, hope, relief, relaxation, anxiety, anger, shame, boredom, hopelessness): an agreement task (Study 1, n = 46), matching 2, 47), naming 3, 53). Analyses on revealed accurate responses for all emotions, while low accuracy emerged particularly boredom. Results discussed light their applicative relevance future development instrument.