Emotions during writing on topics that align or misalign with personal beliefs

Caitlin Mills, Sidney D'Mello

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9 Scopus citations

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIntelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings
Pages638-639
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2012 - Chania, Crete, Greece
Duration: Jun 14 2012Jun 18 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7315 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2012
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityChania, Crete
Period6/14/126/18/12

Keywords

  • affect
  • boredom
  • cognition
  • engagement
  • ITSs
  • writing

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