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

Caitlin Mills; Sidney D'Mello

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_99

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

Caitlin Mills
, Sidney D'Mello

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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 language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings
Pages	638-639
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_99
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2012 - Chania, Crete, Greece Duration: Jun 14 2012 → Jun 18 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7315 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2012
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Chania, Crete
Period	6/14/12 → 6/18/12

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

affect
boredom
cognition
engagement
ITSs
writing

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Mills, C., & D'Mello, S. (2012). Emotions during writing on topics that align or misalign with personal beliefs. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings (pp. 638-639). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7315 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_99

Emotions during writing on topics that align or misalign with personal beliefs. / Mills, Caitlin; D'Mello, Sidney.
Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings. 2012. p. 638-639 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7315 LNCS).

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Mills, C & D'Mello, S 2012, Emotions during writing on topics that align or misalign with personal beliefs. in Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7315 LNCS, pp. 638-639, 11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2012, Chania, Crete, Greece, 6/14/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_99

Mills C, D'Mello S. Emotions during writing on topics that align or misalign with personal beliefs. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems - 11th International Conference, ITS 2012, Proceedings. 2012. p. 638-639. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_99

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