'Mood measurement with a Pick-A-Mood: Review of current methods and design of a pictorial self-report scale

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Abstract

This paper introduces Pick-A-Mood, a character-based pictorial scale for reporting and expressing moods. Pick-A-Mood consists of three characters that each express eight mood states, representing four main categories: excited and cheerful (for energised-pleasant), irritated and tense (for
energised-unpleasant), relaxed and calm (for calm-pleasant), and bored and sad (for calm-unpleasant). Using Pick-A-Mood requires little effort on the part of respondents, making it suitable for design research applications in which people often have little time or motivation to report their moods. Contrary to what is often assumed, mood and emotion are distinct phenomena with different measurable manifestations. These differences are discussed, and a review of existing methods is provided, indicating to what extent current methods that measure emotion are suitable for measuring mood. The development and validation of Pick-A-Mood is reported, and application examples and research opportunities are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-279
Number of pages39
JournalJournal of Design Research
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • mood measurement
  • design for mood
  • measurement method review
  • pictorial affect scale

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