A standardised database of Chinese emotional film clips

Film clips are widely used in emotion research due to their relatively high ecological validity. Although researchers have established various film clip sets for different cultures, the few that exist related to Chinese culture do not adequately address positive emotions. The main purposes of the present study were to establish a standardised database of Chinese emotional film clips that could elicit more categories of reported positive emotions compared to the existing databases and to expand the available film clips that can be used as neutral materials. Two experiments were conducted to construct the database. In experiment 1, 111 film clips were selected from more than one thousand Chinese movies for preliminary screening. After 315 participants viewed and evaluated these film clips, 39 excerpts were selected for further validation. In experiment 2, 147 participants watched and rated these 39 film clips, as well as another 8 excerpts chosen from the existing databases, to compare their validity. Eventually, 22 film excerpts that successfully evoked three positive emotions (joy, amusement, and tenderness), four negative emotions (moral disgust, anger, fear, and sadness), and neutrality formed the standardised database of Chinese emotional film clips.

电影片段凭借较高的生态效度，被广泛应用于情绪研究领域。尽管研究者已针对不同文化构建了多套电影片段库，但现有为数不多的针对中国文化的相关片段库，却未能充分覆盖积极情绪类别。本研究的核心目标在于构建一套标准化的中国情绪电影片段数据库：相较于现有数据库，该库能够诱发更多种类的被试自我报告积极情绪，同时扩充可作为中性实验材料的电影片段储备。本研究通过两项实验完成该数据库的搭建工作。实验1中，研究者从千余部国产电影中遴选111段电影片段开展初筛；315名被试观看并评估上述片段后，研究者从中选出39段用于后续效度验证。实验2中，147名被试观看并评定了上述39段电影片段，同时也对从现有数据库中遴选的8段片段进行评定，以对比二者的情绪诱发效度。最终，成功诱发3种积极情绪（快乐、逗趣与温情）、4种消极情绪（道德厌恶、愤怒、恐惧与悲伤）以及中性状态的22段电影片段，共同构成了标准化中国情绪电影片段数据库。