This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Powell, J. L. Articles by Brand, A. G. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

The Development of an Emotions Scale for Writers

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Alice G. Brand

University of Missouri-St. Louis

The Brand Emotions Scale for Writers (BESW) is a 20-item scale designed to measure the emotions of writers (a) immediately before writing (state-before); (b) immediately after writing (state-after); and (c) during the process (trait). The present article describes the development of the BESW and the factor structure of these three different forms. Common factors analyses (orthogonal rotation), which yielded two factors for each of the three forms- state-before, state-after, and trait when writing-accounted for 36%, 42%, and 44% of the total variance, respectively. The item make-ups of the two factors, labeled positive and negative, were very similar across the three forms. In general, the BESW appears to be an internally consistent instrument capable of measuring positive and negative emotions before and after writing and of reflecting a trait when writing.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?