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Assessment of valence,arousal and subjective frequency of the use of a battery of affective words related to death / Evaluación de la valencia,activación y frecuencia subjetiva de uso de una batería de palabras afectivas relacionadas con la muerte
This study presents the values of valence, arousal, subjective frequency of use and degree of relationship with death of 125 words of an affective nature, assessed by university students and including words related to death (N = 65). The values of these words were found to be different to words of pleasant, unpleasant and neutral natures.
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