@inproceedings{f943d22bfa234f85a845cf2e371a4015,
title = "Emotions during writing on topics that align or misalign with personal beliefs",
abstract = "We conducted a study where 42 participants wrote two essays on opposing stances about abortion (pro-choice and pro-life). Participants' affective states were tracked at 15-second intervals via a retrospective affect judgment protocol. The results indicated participants experienced more boredom when writing essays that did not align with their positions on abortion, but were more engaged when there was alignment. Participants also reported more curiosity while writing pro-choice essays. Importantly, boredom, engagement, and curiosity were the affective states that predicted essay quality.",
keywords = "affect, boredom, cognition, engagement, ITSs, writing",
author = "Caitlin Mills and Sidney D'Mello",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_99",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783642309496",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "638--639",
booktitle = "Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings",
note = "11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2012 ; Conference date: 14-06-2012 Through 18-06-2012",
}